. . . heard of DivestTerror.org? It is an organization that seeks to play a pivotal role in winning the War on Terror by discouraging public and private pensions plans, college endowments, individual retirement account managers, 401(k) plans, and other investment vehicles from investments in publicly traded companies that operate in terrorist-sponsoring states. The organization has published a report entitled “Terrorism Investments of the 50 States.” According to the report, “on average, America’s Top 100 pension systems invest between 15 and 23 percent of their portfolio in companies that do business in terrorist-sponsoring states.”
. . . read the Motley Fool’s article today by Bill Mann–“Is United Taking Aim at Retirees?“–in which he discusses United’s plans to sidestep its pension obligations.
. . . heard about ftwilliam.com? It is a website established by a former colleague of mine, Tim McCutcheon, which provides on-line document and forms software for the employee benefits professional for a fee. The site offers access to 401(k), profit sharing, money purchase, and target benefit plans in various formats, as well as IRS and PBGC forms. Tim tells me that one of the unique features of his forms software is that it generates all of the required bar codes upon completion of the forms. Check it out.