01/02/12
Marketplace Index for Monday, January 2, 2012
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With markets closed today, we get some advice on handling assets and pensions in the coming year. Olivia Mitchell is a professor and pension expert and says part of the problem is that many Americans simply lack financial literacy, and to consider their own skills and knowledge as human capital. And on the Pulse, the big winners and losers in the market in 2011.
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Keeping an eye on your assets
To retire right these days, pension expert Olivia Mitchell encourages clients to look at the bigger picture.
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2011 market roundup: McD’s up, B of A down
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