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9 Dividend Stocks At Risk From Pension Plan Deficits

Nov 7th, 2008 | By Lynn Carpenter | Category: Stock Market Investing

Lynn Carpenter says pension fund deficits could be a major threat to dividend payments. Legislation forces companies to keep private pension plans well funded, meaning some will have to raise large sums of cash at short notice. Lynn picks 9 firms that could soon be forced into making big dividend cuts.

Tags: AET, BA, Dividend Income, EK, Ford, GE, Gm, GT, high dividend stocks, IBM, LMT, Lynn Carpenter, MMC, pension fund deficits, Pension Funds, private pension plans, retirement plans, S&P, US stocks, Utx
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Baby Boomers’ Retirement Plans On The Ropes

Oct 30th, 2008 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Politics & Economics

Public pension funds are some of the biggest casualties of this market slump. The New York state pension fund has lost 20% of its value since April. This is more bad news for baby boomers, says Bill Bonner. This generation is already “woefully ill-prepared for retirement” and could end up causing the “fiscal meltdown of this nation”.

Tags: Baby Boomers, bear market, Bill Bonner, hedge funds, Pension Funds, retirement plans, social security crisis, US recession, US stocks
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Brazil Is Hitting the Town and Buying…Dollars?

May 15th, 2008 | By Sean Hyman | Category: Emerging Markets

Brazil has had some good fortune lately. On April 30, Standard and Poor’s upgraded the entire country and nine of Brazil’s banks to “investment grade.”

Tags: , Booming Real Estate Market, Brazil, Brazilian Currency, Bric, Coffers, Different Story, Emerging Markets, eologists, Household Income, Investment Grade, Jim Rogers, New Money, Oil Company, Opec, Pension Funds, Petrobras, Standard And Poor
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