Articles
Local teachers tied to failing AIG, face rising insurance costs - Munster Times
Local teachers tied to failing AIG, face rising insurance costs Munster Times, IN - 9 hours ago Many schoolteachers across the country, including those in Hammond and East Chicago , invest in annuities offered by The Variable Annuity Insurance Co. ...
Read more...
Life Insurer Retirement Products Boost Market-Induced Pain - CNNMoney.com
Life Insurer Retirement Products Boost Market-Induced Pain CNNMoney.com - 19 hours ago CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- Variable annuities , whose sales fueled profits at life insurance companies in recent years, are turning into a bust in the slow-motion ...
Read more...
Losses highlight risks of retiree-aimed funds - Newsday
Losses highlight risks of retiree-aimed funds Newsday, NY - 8 hours ago Variable annuities are subject to market risk, fixed annuities carry issuer risk and cash investments carry inflation risk. A hodgepodge of stocks and bonds ... Despite a slump, experts high on target date funds InvestmentNews Pros and cons exist for target-date funds Akron Beacon Journal all 12 news articles
Read more...
Professionals offer advice to jittery investors (Wilmette Life)
With the current turmoil in the financial markets, we asked four local financial advisors what investors should or should not be doing: Scott Reighard of Baird Investments, Lisa Ditkowsky with LPL Financial, Sharon Oberlander a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch and Josh Kadish, owner of Retirement Planning Group offered this advice.
Read more...


