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Interview: Larry Goldbrum, General Counsel of SPARK Institute, a financial services trade group

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June 18, 2009 04:04 PM PDT

Aired 06/12/06 Larry Goldbrum, General Counsel of SPARK Institute, a financial services trade group. From the viewpoint of Ron DeLegge, Host of the Index Investing Show, the SPARK Institute is defending the 401(k) status quo. How can they say everything is fine when $2 trillion of retirement money is gone? The 401(k) system needs: 1) Low-cost index funds and index ETFs as mandatory investment choices; 2) A more diversified range of investment choices that include commodities, gold, and international bonds; 3) and meaningful reform/improvements of target-dated retirement funds.

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Ron DeLegge is the weekly voice of the Index Investing Radio Show. He's been quoted and contributed to financial news articles published by the Associated Press, Business Week, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. In addition, Ron serves as the Publisher and Editor of ETFguide.com, a popular destination for information on exchange traded funds or ETFs. He is also a contributing writer to a monthly column on ETFs for Research Magazine (ResearchXtra.com), an industry trade journal for financial advisors. He believes the formula for beating Wall Street starts with trusting the indexes, not the money managers that try to beat them and fail.

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