After the Storm: The Potential Cost of Waiting

Severe market declines such as those experienced in the final few months of 2008 and the first few months of 2009 can scare innvestors into selling their portfolios at the worst possible time: when prices are at their lowest. Sticking with your investment strategy through tough times requires careful planning and discipline, but statistics show that it has been more likely to pay off in the long run.

"Historically, markets have recovered from routs and recessions, and often they've recovered quickly."

Roth IRA Conversion Rules Are Changing

A Potential Opportunity to Grow Retirement Monies "Tax Free"

Starting in 2010 taxpayers with modified adjusted gross incomes of more than $100,000 will now be allowed to convert a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.

  See how the rules changes for 2010 Roth IRA could offer potential tax incentives...

Update on Pioneer's Roster of Funds

Since the beginning of 2009, the Pioneer Family of Funds has undergone some lineup changes.

Change in Cost Basis Reporting: What you need to know

On October 3, 2008, President George W. Bush signed H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, into law. The law requires cost basis reporting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and to taxpayers.

Emerging Markets Fund Portfolio Manager Change

On July 24, 2009, Christopher Smart, who managed the Pioneer Emerging Markets Fund and the Fund's Variable Contract Trust (VCT) counterpart portfolio, left the firm to pursue an exciting and, as he described it, "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity with the U.S. Department of the Treasury.