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From the Editor

When the editing committee gathered to discuss potential articles for this quarter's Stable Times, I thought at first that we might have trouble filling up enough pages. But as always seems to be the case, we find ourselves with plenty of interesting and insightful industry news to fill this edition.

Given the recent uncertainty in the markets, and disappointing returns experienced by many investors, the topic of retirement savings is appropriately receiving renewed focus and increased attention these days. As such, there are many interesting developments that we profile for you. We discuss several outstanding legislative proposals affecting future retirement assets, including the Pension Security Act, the Bush savings proposals, and the proposal for eliminating the double taxation of dividends.

Given the valuable role that Stable Value plays in the retirement savings equation, we also have several things to report on the Stable Value front. We have included the results of several reports on defined contribution investor allocations and cashflow activity, all which point to positive trends for Stable Value. And we discuss the growing use of both 529 plans, and separately Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), and why both have important implications for Stable Value investing.

As always, please let us know if you have a specific topic that you would like us to research and address in a future edition.

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