COLUMN: Don’t be baited by faux financial planners
Stay alert, it’s your money To aid consumers and thwart thieves, The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards recently released “CFP Board of Financial Self-Defense”. In the guide, Elanor Blayney, the CFP Board’s consumer advocate,…
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Handbook of Interest and Annuity Tables

Don’t Die Broke: How Annuities Can Guarantee Your Income and Keep Your Retirement from Going Belly-Up

Question by end- user: What will the financial crisis do to my lifelong annuity?
I have a survivor annuity, which I receive a monthly deposit from, that I am supposed to receive until I die, but with the obvious failure of the bailout, and the cumulative degradation of the stock market, I am unsure as to [...]

Visteon, Strauss, Centaur, ProtoStar, Pine Canyon, Children: Bankruptcy
Auto parts maker Visteon Corp . has a commitment for 0 million in loans rounding out the financing for an emergence from Chapter 11.
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Intel and McAfee: Annuity Models, Mobile Security and the Elephant in the Room
About the last thing I expected as I scanned headlines yesterday morning with my first cup of coffee was to learn about Intel’s intention to acquire McAfee.
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The Calculus of Retirement Income: Financial Models for Pension Annuities and Life Insurance