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(American Retirement Association, Ted Godbout)
TARGET DATE FUNDS To address the rising U.S. retiree population, some target-date fund (TDF) providers are now integrating annuities in their offerings to combat longevity risk and provide a stream of guaranteed income—but these vehicles may not suit all investors, a new report from Morningstar suggests. Indeed, as the number
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I've been on a decades-long mission to rewrite how insurance capital management works. Throughout my career in traditional finance across many verticals, I've seen my share of dysfunction and there is no financial service more dysfunctional than insurance. Processes are mind numbing and manual. bureaucracy is stifling. Legacy technology makes
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With 2023 in the books and S&P 500 profit growth in full swing, market participants turn their focus to quarterly reports and annual shareholder gatherings, writes Christine Short, VP Research at Wall Street Horizon. From vehicles to chips to banks to chocolate, a variety of industries could see volatility as
Continue...(Nasdaq, Phil Mackintosh)
During the first quarter, we saw stock markets around the world hit new all-time highs. Today we update how retail traders have tracked the rally, looking at flows based on data from Nasdaq Data Link. Q1 was a strong month for stocks despite rates rising In contrast to last year, stocks have rallied
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What are reserve currencies and why do they matter? Why has the U.S. dollar been the preferred measure for so long? Aliaga-Díaz: At a high level, an international reserve currency helps global investors and sovereign governments conduct critical transactions like settling payments for exports and imports of goods and services
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