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<title><![CDATA[ Retirement Income Journal Vol. 40 March 3, 2010]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Vanguard’s Forecast of Future Returns]]></title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Kerry Pechter ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ The Vanguard Group's data suggests that annualized real returns will most likely be 6% for stocks and zero to 2% for bonds over the next 10 years. ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Which Way Out?]]></title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Virginia M.  Citrano ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ With the worst of the Crisis apparently over, Fed watchers are wondering about Chairman Bernanke's exit strategy from a low interest rate environment. ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ AIG Sells Its Asian Crown Jewel ]]></title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Editorial Staff ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ The sale of Hong Kong-based AIA, would help repay some of the $180 billion that AIG owes to the U.S. government. ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Not Much Interest in Income Products: Cogent]]></title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Editorial Staff ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ Only 14% of those surveyed said they were very familiar with income products and only three percent said they were very interested in such products. ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Western National #1 in 4Q Fixed Annuity Sales]]></title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Editorial Staff ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ Beacon Research has released its fixed annuity sales rankings for fourth quarter 2009. ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ America Speaks Out—and Against—401(k) Annuities]]></title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Kerry Pechter ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ As of March 2, the responses to the Obama administration's request for input on lifetime options in 401(k) plans tended to be angry but well-reasoned.   ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ The Future Of Online Customer Feedback Has Arrived]]></title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Ben Pousty, Corporate Insight ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ TIAA-CREF’s TC Listens website is an innovative new medium for obtaining client feedback online.  ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ In a Down Year, Four Firms Grow Their VA Sales]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Editorial Staff ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ Prudential Annuities, MetLife, Jackson National Life and Sun Life Financial found a silver lining last year. ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ So Few Words, So Many Implications  ]]></title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Kerry Pechter ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ The Department of Labor proposes a subtle change in 401(k) advice regulations that may have huge repercussions for fund companies.    ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ “Face-Off” at the IRI Marketing Conference]]></title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Kerry Pechter ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ Annuity manufacturers and distributors went eyeball-to-eyeball at the Insured Retirement Institute's marketing conference in New York this week, where medical economist J.D. Kleinke (pictured here) was a featured speaker. Photo by IRI.  ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ In League with the Angel of Death]]></title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Kerry Pechter ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ Lawsuits filed in Rhode Island, New York and Illinois shed light on the sinister, multi-million-dollar strategy of using the dying as fronts to exploit variable annuity loopholes.   ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ TIPS for Retirement Investing in the ‘New Normal’]]></title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Tom Streiff, Executive Vice President, PIMCO ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ TIPS can preserve purchasing power, provide systematic income and offer the assurance of a government guarantee for retirees depending on income from their investments.  ]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Easing a Widow’s Hardship]]></title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0000</pubDate>
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    <dc:creator ><![CDATA[ Kerry Pechter ]]></dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[ What's the best way for a 62-year-old man to say “I love you” to  his wife? By waiting to claim Social Security benefits until he reaches full retirement age or later. Here's our third article in a series on retirement risks.  ]]></description>
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