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The Motley Fool January 26, 2011 Selena Maranjian	Pension Perils Take a Turn for the Better Your company might not stiff your retirement after all.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2004 Robert Brokamp	Can You Count on Your Pension? Pensions are still underfunded, and the federal agency that backs them isn't looking too good either.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Dan Caplinger	2009: End of the Road for Pensions? The final nail in the coffin for pensions may come from 2008's terrible stock market performance.
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Nanette Byrnes	The Benefits Trap Old-line companies have pledged a trillion dollars to retirees. Now they're struggling to compete with new rivals, and many can't pay the bill. Some are racing to cut or drop retiree medical benefits to give a quick boost to their bottom lines.
Job Journal August 3, 2003 Michael Kinsman	Is Your Pension in Peril? Company failures have created a reversal of fortune in pension funds.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2006 Bill Mann	The Problem With Your Pension Defined-benefit programs are disappearing. Some are insolvent. We have two simple words to put into your retirement vocabulary: index fund.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2006 Selena Maranjian	How to Take Your Pension If you've got a pension, you're in the minority of workers today. Here are some tailor-made tips for you.
Registered Rep. July 13, 2012 Mark Miller	Should Your Retiree Take the Lump Sum? Or Go with a "Pension Annuity?" Leon LaBrecque is one busy financial planner these days. He has been meeting with retirees from Ford Motor Co. and General Motors to help guide them through one of most important financial decisions of their lives: whether to accept a lump sum buyout of their pensions.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2004 Robert Brokamp	Retirement's Second Leg: Pensions How much retirement income can you expect from your company's pension plan?
Financial Advisor June 2006 Alan Lavine	Storm Clouds For Municipal Bonds Underfunded liabilities loom as a threat to governments' finances.
CFO February 22, 2005 David M. Katz	The Domino Effect Ailing pension plans could overburden the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp and send premiums soaring.
Registered Rep. March 9, 2012 Mark Miller	Six Ways Pension Annuities Almost Always Beat a Lump Sum Even if a lump sum is a choice for your client, think twice before advising a client to take it.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2010 Dan Caplinger	This Will Cause the Next Financial Crisis Pension funds are getting desperate, turning to risky strategies to make minimal cash.
National Defense October 2012 Karen L. Manos	Contractors Charging the Federal Government For Pension Contributions Is Not Corporate Welfare In full election-year mode, news media have been awash in articles, blogs and reports urging Congress to stop the "corporate welfare" of reimbursing federal contractors' pension costs.
CFO February 1, 2009 Alix Stuart	Plenty of Pain, a Dash of Relief A new law lets pension plans smooth out assets over two years, easing the crash of 2008. But it's a pittance in the face of falling corporate bond rates.
CFO September 1, 2005 Russ Banham	Pension Upheaval Will proposed pension reforms actually save the system, or cause more of Corporate America to opt out?
BusinessWeek May 16, 2005 Byrnes & Borrus	Rising Tensions Over Pensions A deep chasm has opened between the Bush Administration and Big Business over what to do about the sorry state of corporate pension plans.
BusinessWeek May 29, 2006 David Henry	Shortfall At Exxon Arguably the mightiest U.S. corporation of them all, Exxon Mobil, has left its employee pension plans with the biggest funding deficit.
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004	Q&A with the PBGC's Bradley Belt The new executive director talks about the major reforms that need to be made to ensure the health of pension systems in the U.S.
CFO June 1, 2008 David M. Katz	Better Safe Than Underfunded Some pension sponsors are hitching their investments to actual pension liabilities using bonds rather than aiming for huge returns.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Big Investors Are Fleeing Stocks. Should You? Pension funds are moving to bonds.
HBS Working Knowledge February 17, 2014 Michael Blanding	Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions Although new defined benefit plans are rare, many firms must still fund commitments to retirees. Luis M. Viceira looks at the pension landscape and the recent emergence of insurance companies as potential saviors.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2004 Robert Brokamp	The Power of Pensions A guaranteed check for life is a beautiful thing. Unfortunately, that beauty is fading.
Knowledge@Wharton February 12, 2003	A "Perfect Storm" of Circumstances Batters Corporate Pension Plans Questions raised about accounting for pension funds have prompted some Wharton faculty and other experts to ask if rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, as well as the Internal Revenue Code itself, may have played a significant part in the strife.
BusinessWeek March 31, 2011 Roger Lowenstein	The Great American Ponzi Scheme Do we want public pensions? There are compelling reasons why we do.
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn	Pension Tension Old-fashioned pensions might be disappearing, but they haven't vanished.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2005 Rich Smith	Your Incredible Vanishing Pension If you're nearing retirement, or if you're already retired and depend on your former employer to continue paying your benefits, it's only prudent to ask yourself how much faith you have in your employer to honor its pension promises.
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Nanette Byrnes	How the Garden State Dug a Hole Borrowing aimed at boosting the assets of New Jersey's pension plans went way awry. It's a lesson to governments everywhere.
The Motley Fool December 18, 2003 Bill Mann	GM's Pension Legerdemain It's taken on debt, and now it's assuming 9% gains. GM's pension is still big, big trouble.
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Nanette Byrnes	Sink Hole! How public pension promises are draining state and city budgets.
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Alex J. Pollock	Live Long, Work Long Working years have been shrinking, and retirement years expanding. How can we address the social, demographic, financial and political aspects of a growing percentage of the population that is living longer and expecting an income while no longer being productively employed?
CFO December 1, 2006 Ronald Fink	Promises, Promises New pension rules are supposed to secure employees' retirement. Employers may have other ideas.
Financial Planning January 1, 2010 Israelsen & Ferri	Is a Pension a Bond? Unsure how to value a client's pension or social security? Use the liability reduction model.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2004 Bill Mann	Is United Taking Aim at Retirees? The airline's plan to emerge from bankruptcy may include canceling its pension plans.
The Motley Fool October 10, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Pension Protection or Pilfering? The recent changes to the laws governing pensions are just the latest example of why it's important to think carefully about the choices you have as you enter retirement.
Job Journal March 6, 2005 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Golden Years Losing Glitter Debate about imperiled pension plans won't help those about to retire. Even the President's current initiative to change Social Security does little to address the dilemma them.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2006 Rich Smith	Your Incredible Vanishing Pension If you're nearing retirement, or if you're already retired and depend on your former employer to continue paying your benefits, it's only prudent to ask yourself how much faith you have in your management. How certain are you that your employer actually has the money to honor its promises?
Financial Advisor January 2005 Evan Simonoff	Editor's Note Opponents of privatizing Social Security are arguing that if professional pension funds can't succeed, what hope is there for individuals? Not much, assuming individuals engage in all the shenanigans the pros have.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Tim Hanson	The 2016 Retirement Manual The decline of passive retirement planning is not so much a problem as an opportunity. When you're in charge of your own money, you pick where and how you want to invest.
CFO February 22, 2005 Alix Nyberg	Death to Smoothing A tough regulatory environment is another nail in the coffin for defined-benefit plans.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Shruti Basavaraj	Stocks With Shocking Debt There are many shocks to the market that investors must be wary of, and one of the most fear-inducing components of a company is debt.
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The Motley Fool September 8, 2006 Ryan Popple	Beware the Botched 401(k) While 401(k)s offer more control and impressive tax benefits, they also chronically underperform managed pension funds. We are going to need our 401(k)s for our future financial security, and we have to do a better job of managing them.
Investment Advisor March 2010 Melanie Waddell	The Problems With Pensions Members of Congress and retirement experts are working feverishly to ensure that pension plan funding relief is enacted soon.
Inc. May 2006 Amy Feldman	A Bigger Parachute Eager to boost your retirement fund? Believe it or not, a pension might be the answer.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2007 Tim Hanson	Why You'll Have a Worry-Free Retirement Our retirements are in our hands, and we need to make sound financial decisions from here on out to ensure that our retirements are secure.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Prepare for the Looming Pension Crisis Underfunded pensions could well be the last straw that moves the U.S. into a brand-new financial crisis light-years beyond what we've seen so far.
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