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News For: Variable Annuities ComparedThe outlook on low-risk investments isn't so bad Investors who stash their cash in money market funds, certificates of deposit or fixed-rate annuities aren't looking for big gains. They just want to protect their principal and earn a little bit of interest. Annuities can help you diversify With Wall Street quite volatile, many are wondering if they should keep their investments playing in the stock market. If your financial plan is suited to your needs, you should be able to stay the course. You may, though, want to consider other options if you haven't already like annuities. FOX Toledo's Kristi Leigh continues her report on non-market investing. Today in the press IRISH BANKING UNITS OF RBS WITHDRAW TRACKER LOANS - Scottish-owned Ulster Bank and First Active have become the latest lenders to stop offering tracker mortgages to their customers, says the Irish Independent. Why Goldman, Morgan Stanley Raced For The Fed Both won bank holding company status in a process that waived the rules in the interest of "unusual and exigent circumstances." Markets volatile as investors await bailout plan Volatility again swept the financial markets Monday as investors grew nervous about an amorphous government plan to buy $700 billion in banks' mortgage debt. Stocks fell sharply, taking the Dow Jones industrials down more than 300 points, while investors sought safety in hard assets such as gold and oil, which at one point shot up more than $25 a barrel. Interbank loans at standstill Lending between banks ground to a standstill this week in a graphic illustration of the scale of the crisis in the financial markets. Money market rates were pushed higher, raising funding costs for home owners and companies that borrow money at variable rates of interest. Credit markets not showing much confidence A few corners of the frozen credit markets thawed a bit Monday on news of the U.S. government's bank bailout plans, but business was hardly back to normal. And, even after the dust settles, credit market participants' lending and borrowing operations are... General Electric gets dragged down with banks As much a bank as a blue-chip industrial company, GE gets half of its profit from its giant finance arm, GE Capital, whose global portfolio has been hit by the crisis on Wall Street. Citigroup's Krawcheck Steps Down; Corbat Named as Replacement Sept. 22 -- Citigroup Inc. said wealth- management head Sallie Krawcheck , who was recruited in 2002 by former Chief Executive Officer Sanford ``Sandy'' Weill to burnish the bank's image, is leaving the firm. Investment banks change up the game The reorganization of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs marks a historic end to a period of investment banks driving Wall Street. It leaves open what -- if anything -- will assume the role of taking the big risks that have powered the market's booms |