Allocating Retirement Funds between TIAA and CREF: How Should Participants Choose Now between Fixed and Variable Annuities?.

Malkiel, Burton G.

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Publication Date: 1979-Mar

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Allocating Retirement Funds between TIAA and CREF: How Should Participants Choose Now between Fixed and Variable Annuities?

Malkiel, Burton G.

Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, v65 n2 p104-11 Mar 1979

The basic provisions of the TIAA-CREF retirement plans are outlined and the impact of inflation and falling stock prices on annuities and bonds are investigated. Major factors that should be considered when allocating contributions to TIAA-CREF funds are discussed. (SF)

Descriptors: Financial Support, Guaranteed Income, Guides, Higher Education, Income, Inflation (Economics), Insurance, Money Management, Program Descriptions, Retirement, Retirement Benefits, Security (Psychology), Teacher Retirement

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