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...Board, sanity began to return late Wednesday, when large institutions like insurance companies and pension funds moved into the market heavily to buy up stocks that other less cool-headed investors had been selling off at unrealistically low prices...
...rails." In the past decade, 7 million small investors have pulled their money out of Wall Street and spent it on real estate, gold or simply a new mink coat. Over half of today's market is dominated by professional investors representing pension funds, insurance companies or mutual funds. They have better financial backing and are far less likely to take a flyer than were their predecessors. As a result, the market is less fun but more stable...
Somehow, when stock market investors get panicky and start to sell at unusually low prices, large institutions like insurance companies and pension funds always move in to save the market--and pick up a few good bargains at the same time...
...ignores this scenario. In any case, in 1977 Helms' lawyers reached a deal with Attorney General Griffin Bell that allowed him (in exchange for a plea of nolo contendre) to escape with a suspended two-year jail term, a $2,000 fine paid by sympathetic colleagues, and his federal pension intact...
Many companies are searching for ways to make their benefit packages more cost-efficient as well as more satisfying to employees. One innovation is the "cafeteria" plan, which allows employees to select their own benefits beyond a certain level of required medical, pension and life insurance coverage. For instance, a middle-aged bachelor might choose higher contributions to his pension plan in return for reduced medical benefits, which he does not need since he has no family. At American Can, employees can forgo, say, annual medical checkups in return for an extra week of paid vacation. Says Senior Vice President...