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February 20, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We've devoted a goodly amount of our February issue to the topic of asset allocation funds - and we're just a couple of...

February 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's been a hot issue for some time - it's been a topic of interest for Congress - and the Department of Labor...

February 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Well, based on my informal polling, the game was better (certainly for Giants fans) - and the commercials perhaps not-quite-as-good as we've had...

January 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Come Sunday, the nation will turn its attention (if not its TV/radio) to - the Super Bowl.

With lightning speed, the House managed to cobble together an economic stimulus package last week, the Senate will take it up this week, and President Bush seems eager...

January 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While we don't yet know if the writers' strike will have an impact on the Oscar ceremony itself - or which names will...

Back in 2003, when then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer launched his investigation into mutual fund trading practices, two distinct areas were highlighted.

Social networking sites are all the rage - and whether you maintain an account on one (or more) of these sites, they have also become a frequent window...

Just after Christmas my family flew to Chicago for a surprise - my mother-in-law's 85th birthday.

January 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With all those New Year's resolutions still fresh in everyone's minds, I've always found this time of year to be a good time...

I went to see "I Am Legend" just before Christmas.

January 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's a brand new year, and one of the "traditions" associated with a new year is the making of New Year's Resolutions.

December 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I don't know how it is where you are, but here it's looking "a lot (too much?) like Christmas."

Having spent three days immersed in PLANSPONSOR's second annual DB Summit, I was struck by just how relatively "easy" participant-directed plans—be they 401(k), 403(b), or 457- are.

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - I'm sure some of you have noticed that Christmas falls on a Tuesday this year - and thus Christmas Eve - a day...

Two years ago, I wrote about the "next level" in defined contribution designs: a growing interest on the part of plan sponsors in focusing on service elements like...

December 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's that time of year again - time for the office holiday party.

November 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We've all been "victims" of those who are chronically late to meetings, and I've seen (and heard about) various "solutions" to the problem.

Thanksgiving has been called a "uniquely American" holiday, and while that is perhaps something of an overstatement, it is unquestionably a special holiday, and one on which it...

November 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A week from today, most of us (at least most of us still at our posts) will no doubt be wondering what time...