| Lynch Strategy Finds Health in Health Care |
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--(www.FinancialNewsUSA.com)-- 11/06/2009 - Retirement industry news provided by Financial News USA. Health care is front and center in today's political and economic discussions because the Obama administration has made health care reform one of its major goals. It's still too early to tell how health care reform will play out or if we'll even get any major reform to the health care system. Assuming we do get some form of health care reform, which seems to me likely, the question is: Who will be the probable winners in the health care industry? It's hard to tell, but the existing health care companies are certain to continue to play a major role. Even if we do not get health care reform, the existing industry players will do just fine. So I've taken a look at the health care industry to see if it has any interest among my Guru Strategies, which are computerized strategies I created based on the investment approaches of various well-known Wall Street investors. [Read the full article] DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Over the last year it's become abundantly clear that the stock market can devastate even seemingly healthy retirement accounts. Even so, with the guaranteed income of traditional pensions disappearing, most investors have little choice. The vulnerabilities of the 401(k) plan have cast doubt on whether a voluntary savings plan is the best way for workers to prepare for retirement. There are some possible alternatives coming, however, that might just catch on. One that may become available in January offers a guaranteed pension-like retirement benefit alongside a 401(k). It's called the DB(k) and it was created in the tax code in 2006. The law allows companies with fewer than 500 workers to start the hybrid plan after Jan. 1, 2010, and some proponents would like to see it available to all workers. As it is now, barely 40 percent of all workers even participate in a retirement plan at work. [Read the full article] About Financial News USA Financial News USA is a Next Generation Financial Communications firm focused on the distribution of market moving news. Financial News USA has developed leading edge e-publishing tools including programming proprietary RSS feeds and enabling open source press release publishing across its network. Financial News USA has been aggressively expanding its news distribution network by targeting direct feeds to financial news and data providers such as FinancialContent, Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), among others. Financial News USA offers a free news feed available online (www.financialnewsusa.com) to websites and financial services looking for content and for individual investors looking to stay informed on the financial markets. Financial News USA and its affiliates charge each client cash for news distribution and may take an equity position in the companies mentioned herein, please visit the disclaimer at www.financialnewsusa.com. 
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