Bond

A bond, or fixed income investment, is a debt instrument created when investors loan capital to a corporate or government entity. These entities issue bonds to generate funds that are sufficient to finance projects or specified activities. Terms such as interest rate and investment time frame are established at the point of investment.

First Investors

Short Company Name: 
First Investors
Long Company Name: 
First Investors Life Insurance Company

First Investors Company is a diversified financial network that includes an investment management group, a life insurance company, a sales organization, a transfer agent and a bank under one corporate umbrella. All of First Investors' businesses operate under the umbrella of First Investors Consolidated Corporation (FICC). FICC is the parent company of the following subsidiaries: First Investors Corporation, First Investors Management Company, First Investors Life Insurance Company, First Investors Federal Savings Bank and Administrative Data Management Corporation.

Company Type: 
Insurance Company
Address
City: 
New York
State: 
NY
ZIP Code: 
10005-3830
Country: 
USA
Phone Number: 
800-423-4026
Year Founded: 
1930

Ameritas

Short Company Name: 
Ameritas
Long Company Name: 
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp

Nebraska-based

Company Type: 
Insurance Company
Address
Street Address: 
5900 O Street
City: 
Lincoln
State: 
NE
ZIP Code: 
68501-1889
Country: 
USA
Phone Number: 
800-745-1112
Fax Number: 
402-467-7335
Year Founded: 
1887
Ownership: 
Private

Acacia Life

Short Company Name: 
Acacia Life
Long Company Name: 
Acacia Life Insurance Company

With national headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, the Acacia Group, a

Company Type: 
Insurance Company
Address
Street Address: 
7315 Wisconsin Avenue
City: 
Bethesda
State: 
MD
ZIP Code: 
20814
Country: 
USA
Phone Number: 
800-444-1889
Fax Number: 
301-280-1161
Year Founded: 
1869

PIMCO's Bill Gross Says Investors Should "Stress Secure Income" in New Era

Bill Gross manages the world's largest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO). Gross suggests that the United States is entering a new era of higher savings, lower consumption and lower economic growth that could last as long as a generation. Gross recommends that investors "stress secure income " in this new environment. Recommended sources of secure income include bonds and dividend paying equities: Higher savings, lower consumption and annual economic growth of about 2...
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Zvi Bodie on the Safety of Stocks in the Long Run

The notion that stocks are risky in the short-run but safe in the long run is a dangerous financial fallacy according to Boston University professor Zvi Bodie.

Professor Bodie has been communicating this view consistently for many years, and the financial crisis has provided strong support for his argument.

The gist of Bodie's view involves that impact that equity market...

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