Talking Points
Tired of giving the same old presentations? Use these nuggets of information to spruce them up.
Reported by PLANADVISER Staff
- “May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions.” —Joey Adams
- On January 8, 1987, the Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 2,000 mark for the first time (2,002.25).
- Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.
- “When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.” —Henry J. Kaiser
- The tradition of dropping the New Year’s ball in Times Square started in 1906.
- As of the first quarter of 2007, individuals in the U.S. have $16.6 trillion in retirement accounts, most ($4.3 trillion) in individual retirement accounts (IRAs). 401(k) plans held $2.75 trillion of retirement assets, compared to $4.16 trillion that was placed in all employer-based defined contribution plans. Mutual funds manage more than half (52%) of all DC assets, with $2.16 trillion in DC assets. Source: The Investment Company Institute (ICI).
- On January 4, 1999, the euro, the new money of 11 European nations, went into effect on the continent of Europe.
- Parents overestimate annual tuition and fees for a public, four-year university by more than four times the amount estimated by the College Board ($25,155 versus $5,836), and overestimate tuition and fees for a private four-year college or university by more than twice the College Board estimates ($46,712 versus $22,218), according to the Upromise College Preparedness Report Card of U.S. parents and teens gathered by Ipsos. The median amount parents say they would be able to pay annually for their child to go to college is nearly $10,000, but more than one in five parents (22%) admit to having nothing saved for their child’s college education.