Which countries offer best pension benefits?

Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Which countries offer best pension benefits?

If you could move to any country of your choice to retire with the
most secure pension benefits, which would you pick? By and large,
experts who study pension systems say no country is a retirement
Shangri-La, though certainly some places do better than others in
providing for retirees' financial security.

PUBLIC PENSIONERS HAVE TAXPAYERS AS A BACKSTOP

When it comes to retirement security, it pays to have something that
is good enough for government work.

U.S. STOCK INVESTORS BENEFIT FROM WEAKER GREENBACK

U.S. investors have the upper hand when it comes to dollar-denominated
emerging market equities, with the weakened dollar helping pad returns
for those investing in foreign stocks.

WEDNESDAY'S BIGGEST GAINING STOCKS

Ford, Jabil, AutoZone, General Mills were among stocks making notable
moves Wednesday.

MORE CONFIDENT TONE EXPECTED FROM FED

Not only is the economy looking like it has started to recover,
policymakers are likely to be pleased that conditions are unfolding
largely as they anticipated.