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| Insurance companies By John Schroy, on October 25th, 2006 |  Leave a comment  The Pension Protection Act of 2006 uses a technical trick to dissuade retirees from transferring from company pension plans to privately insured plans. When a worker is stuck with an under-funded company plan, their lump-sum payment option has been effectively reduced by Congress. Not only workers, but life insurance companies are stiffed by this provision. October 25th, 2006 | Print Article |  Email Article |  Topics: insurance company, Interest Rates, Pension Benefits Guarantee Corporation, pension plans | Category: US Politics | Leave a comment |  Short urlUS stock market By John Schroy, on October 12th, 2006 | Leave a comment  A study by Daniel R. Ackerman, CPA, suggests that Baby Boomers who count on the long-term equity returns of 8% may be disappointed, either because returns are simply not justified, or because, if they are, the supply of equities from Boomers trying to exit the market during retirement will be so great as to depress stock prices. Reliance on income-based investment, rather than capital gains, may be a more prudent strategy. October 12th, 2006 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: Baby Boomers, common stock legend, pension plans | Category: Small Investors | Leave a comment | Short urlWorld economy By John Schroy, on October 10th, 2006 | Leave a comment  Thirty years ago, about the time the world went off the gold standard, US income from abroad was more than double the amount of income that the US paid to the rest of the world. This surplus of investment income from abroad has been gradually diminishing. This year, or the next, this foreign income surplus may disappear forever. Does this mean that the US is ‘losing its groove’? October 10th, 2006 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: Baby Boomers, Capitalist Ideology, Corporate Governance, dividends, Globalization, gold standard, Stock Buybacks, US taxation | Category: Foreign Investors, featured | Leave a comment | Short urlFeatured articles on inside pages
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