Redefining Defined Benefit Pensions By Holly A. Bell For most people in the private sector, defined benefit pensions have become a distant memory. Something their grandfather talks about over Thanksgiving dinner while reminiscing about his days at “the plant”. These plans, which guaranteed a certain percentage of a worker’s wages or salary in retirement, have …
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What’s Causing Market Volatility and What Can We Do? I read an interesting short article this morning on Seeking Alpha in which Todd Campbell discussed the rising stock market volatility that has been happening since the 1970s. The article entitled “Volatility Across the Decades: It’s No Wonder We’re Edgy” (click here to view) included the …
By Holly A. Bell The newspaper headlines seem to be a mix of positive and negative economic indicators lately. On the positive side we’re hearing new jobless claims and unemployment are down, corporate profits are up, and the stock market is at its highest level in years. However, the negative does seem to prevail this …
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