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| Category: US Politics Articles about American politics and political leaders. Retirement plans By John Schroy, on February 23rd, 2006 |  Leave a comment  Between 1999 and 2002, US private pension funds lost US$ 1.2 trillion in value. It would almost seem that pension fund managers had been speculating with retirement money, attempting to beat each others’ short-term performance statistics, with little interest in safeguarding the assets of plan beneficiaries. Political intrusion and trade unionism have debilitated the pension fund industry over many generations. The end of the pension industry may now be in sight. February 23rd, 2006 | Print Article |  Email Article |  Topics: 401(k) plans, Alan Greenspan, annuities, Arthur Levitt, Benjamin Graham, Bill Clinton, CFA, common stock legend, Corporate Governance, defined benefit pensions, Democratic Party, dividends, Enron, ERISA, Financial Economists Roundtable, Franklin Roosevelt, insurance company, Lyndon Johnson, Myron Scholes, Pension Benefits Guarantee Corporation, pension fund, pension plans, price earnings ratios, Robert B Reich, Robert E Rubin, Ronald H Brown, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Total Returns, trade unions | Category: US Politics, featured | Leave a comment |  Short urlUS Demographics By John Schroy, on February 3rd, 2006 | One comment  Legal immigration has resulted in solid growth of the US population, despite declining birth rates and an increasing number of old people. This is good news for investors in stocks and real estate . Despite loud railing against illegal immigration by Bill O’Reilly, Lou Dobbs, Michelle Malkin, and Pat Buchanan, the real story is the size and scope of legal immigration. Illegal immigration appears to be less than 5% of legal immigration, and legal immigration is at an all time high. February 3rd, 2006 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: Bill O'Reilly, China, deindustrialization, Democratic Party, Globalization, immigration, Lou Dobbs, Michelle Malkin, Pat Buchanan, South Korea, trade unions, Vietnam | Category: US Politics, featured | One comment | Short urlBaby Boomer generation By John Schroy, on January 5th, 2005 | Leave a comment  Proposed measures for reforming the American social security system call for allowing workers to invest a portion of their payroll FICA contributions in individually owned and directed personal retirement accounts. This would amount to the partial securitization of social security taxes and could channel a significant volume of new funds into the U.S. securities markets. Watching the unfolding of the details on securitization of social security should be a priority for capital flow analysts during the second Bush term. January 5th, 2005 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: Baby Boomers, common stock legend, securitization, social security, US taxation | Category: US Politics | Leave a comment | Short urlFeatured articles on inside pages
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