Magazine Articles

Outtakes |September 2000

Car Lot Attendant Parks Half a Million

Earl Crawley, a 64-year-old African-American parking lot attendant from Baltimore, has never earned more than $25,000 a year. But he has amassed half a million dollars in assets...
Participant Roundtable |September 2000

Rethinking Real Asset Exposure

Inflation and inflationary expectations pose substantial dangers to traditional financial assets.
Table of Contents |September 2000

What’s Wrong With ERISA?

Benefits calculations protected by federal law are flat-out unfair, says Lang
UpFront |July 2000

Boost for Pension Reform

The Portman/Cardin pension reform package has new life—now that there is new money to spend
(k)Plans |July 2000

Hooking Gen Y

How to get young workers to appreciate your 401(k) plan
Asset Mix |July 2000

Model Behavior

A black box can become Pandora's box, if plan sponsors do not also use their brains
Asset Mix |July 2000

Not My Style

Why Tiger- and Quantum-type strategies never made the cut with many sponsors
Total Benefits |July 2000

Wanted: Merger Manual

Sponsors seek merger and acquisition guidance from the IRS
Q/A |July 2000

“Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?”

Who consults about consultants? Jennifer Cooper does, and not everyone will be happy with what her investigations are turning up
Rules/Regs |July 2000

Robbing Retirees?

The Treasury Department wonders whether lump-sum payments are unfair to early retirees
Game Plan |July 2000

Rebalancing Act

The newest addition to GW's endowment team is rebalancing, removing emerging markets, and generally rejiggering the fund
Done Deal |July 2000

The Co-Employer Route

Who consults about consultants? Jennifer Cooper does, and not everyone will be happy with what her investigations are turning up
Outtakes |July 2000

Clear Conscience

Sue Stevens is the director of financial planning for Chicago-based Morningstar, where she handles regulatory and tax issues for the company's online advice product, ClearFuture, and helps the...