by Editorial Staff
Tue, Jul 06, 2010
After studying the genomes of centenarians in New England, two Boston University researchers say they have identified a set of genetic variants that predicts extreme longevity with 77% accuracy.
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by Editorial Staff
Tue, Jul 06, 2010
New account openings increased significantly in the first four months of the year, driven by Roth IRA conversion activity and the use of Roth IRAs as a savings vehicle.
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by Editorial Staff
Tue, Jul 06, 2010
Without giving up the investment objectives offered by actively managed funds, participants in 401(k) plans could pay much lower costs on their assets by shifting to ETFs and commingled trusts, a Center for Retirement Research report said.
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by Editorial Staff
Tue, Jul 06, 2010
It is the lack of global aggregate demand—resulting from too much debt in parts of the global economy and not enough in others--that is the essence of the problem, PIMCO's CIO wrote in his latest column.
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by Editorial Staff
Wed, Jul 07, 2010
Among risk assets, domestic stock funds were down 19% as a proportion of assets held, while foreign stock funds were down 28%, with a correspondingly positive growth in domestic and international bond funds.
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