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ESOPs Fables: Why OTC Markets Is Trying To Make It Easier For Employees To Own Stock In Their Companies
Monday, October 7, 2019 - 9:57am | 1004Read More...We all know how unprepared Americans are as a whole are for retirement. Just google “retirement crisis.” The statistics are ugly. There are too many reasons to list as reasons why many Americans do not have enough money saved for retirement. Stagnant wages coupled with rising life...
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This Day In Market History: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Makes First Payout
Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 8:59am | 357Read More...Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On this day in 1975, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. paid out its first check. Where The Market Was The S&P 500 was trading at 81.59 and the Dow closed the day at 739.05. What...
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JPMorgan's Kolanovic On Stocks, Gold And Advice For The Fed
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 1:25pm | 331Read More...In a new report, JPMorgan analyst Marko Kolanovic weighed in on the current environment for equities, gold and oil, and discussed the options that central banks have moving forward. Kolanovic sees sentiment deterioration and fundamental selling from hedge funds, pensions, wealth funds and...
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Can You Afford To Retire?
Friday, September 11, 2015 - 3:56pm | 732Read More...Although the present day hoopla over retirement is certainly cause for much financial concern, particularly among older Americans, retirement has not always been such a hotly contended subject – retirement has only within recent memory been a tangible concept at all. When considering retirement...
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Innovative China ETF Gets The Nod From A Pension Fund
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 3:44pm | 429Read More...ETF providers are continually seeking out innovative strategies to offer investors compelling overseas investment opportunities. That theme has never been more prevalent than with the Chinese markets, where restrictions on foreign investment can limit growth. To solve this problem,...
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Will Dividend Stocks be the Big Winners in the Budget Deal?
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 4:44pm | 492Read More...A two-year budget deal between the heads of the House and Senate Budget Committees revises pensions for both military and civilian government employees. The House approved the measure on Thursday, and the Senate is expected to do the same in the next several days. It's significant that members...
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Detroit Officially Goes Bankrupt but Dan Gilbert Sees Light at the End of the Tunnel
Friday, July 19, 2013 - 8:51am | 1241Read More...It's Official: Detroit Is, as Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Put it bluntly, "broke." In a filing in bankruptcy court Thursday, Detroit became the largest U.S. city ever to file for bankruptcy. No Other Solution Michigan's largest yet shrinking city joins the likes of Jefferson County, Alabama...
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Benzinga Market Primer, Friday July 19
Friday, July 19, 2013 - 5:59am | 1143Read More...Futures Slide On Weak Earnings U.S. equity futures slid overnight following weak earnings reports from tech giants Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). Both companies reported top and bottom line misses. Top News In other news around the markets: Detroit finally, after...
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Short US Steel Before Pensions Go Bust
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 5:29pm | 2242Read More...Some stocks are more dangerous than others. In an anemic economic environment, the most dangerous stocks are those with issues that are lurking behind the scenes or in footnotes. Too often, investors are willing to invest without much diligence when times are good. But when times get tough, more...
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Pensions Wrestle With Return Rates?
Monday, October 10, 2011 - 12:23pm | 1595Read More...Before delving into my latest comment, make sure you carefully read my previous comment on reflections from Greek Gods so that you understand the dynamics of the USD carry trade and how it's influencing currencies and global stocks. Spoke with my mom in Brussels earlier this morning and she prefers...
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Is Pension Ignorance Bliss?
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 9:54am | 1446Read More...Looks like the market is pricing in some good news but ratings agencies are at it again. Bloomberg reports that Moody's warns more European nations face downgrade after Italy: “All but the strongest euro-area sovereigns are likely to face sustained negative pressure on their ratings,” Moody's said...
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Pensions Raising Cash, Trimming PE GPs?
Friday, September 30, 2011 - 7:41am | 1922Read More...Still 100% cash in my portfolio and glad I didn't do anything yesterday on the last day of the quarter. Been trading terribly lately and it's pissing me off because I'm in no position to lose any money. I'll tell you what else is pissing me off, this rigged market which continues to be hijacked by...
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Underfunded Pensions Making Riskier Bets?
Friday, September 9, 2011 - 4:31am | 1264Read More...John Mellow of CNBC reports, Underfunded Pensions Pressured to Make Riskier Bets: After a tumultuous August, pension funds for companies, governments and unions are falling further under water, raising pressure on boards to take on more risk at a time when the economic and policy outlook has...
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Is GM Really De-Risking Pensions?
Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 2:52am | 780Read More...A follow-up comment to the global pensions facing a new crisis. Deepa Seetharaman of Reuters reports, GM aims to move "pension risk" off table: General Motors Co recognizes that its pension deficit represents a risk to the company that management is hoping to take "off the table" for investors...
