<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post7095104636727844135..comments</id><updated>2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Advance Indiana™: State&#39;s Pension Funds Take $5 Billion Hit</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7095104636727844135/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/11/states-pension-funds-take-5-billion-hit.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Gary R. Welsh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-445361220094421872</id><published>2008-11-24T10:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-24T10:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m a fan of Dr. Styring and Trixie.  $57 million,...</title><content type='html'>I&#39;m a fan of Dr. Styring and Trixie.  $57 million, huh?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7095104636727844135/comments/default/445361220094421872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7095104636727844135/comments/default/445361220094421872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/11/states-pension-funds-take-5-billion-hit.html?showComment=1227540180000#c445361220094421872' title=''/><author><name>M Theory</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01892309818226431745</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3C-GegnrxUQ/SKtT8FloHrI/AAAAAAAAAzg/b-2DU91Zmtw/S220/Black+Sunday+Mely.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/11/states-pension-funds-take-5-billion-hit.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7095104636727844135' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/7095104636727844135' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-383808155"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="10:23 AM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-4574216002983488135</id><published>2008-11-23T14:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-23T14:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It would have been nice had they released this inf...</title><content type='html'>It would have been nice had they released this information before the election, when Jill was asking for it.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7095104636727844135/comments/default/4574216002983488135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7095104636727844135/comments/default/4574216002983488135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/11/states-pension-funds-take-5-billion-hit.html?showComment=1227467520000#c4574216002983488135' title=''/><author><name>Vox Populi</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09174941325997674801</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__v70B-bp_lY/SNs4HgNZNSI/AAAAAAAAAA8/vxsda_y33bY/S220/Debs.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/11/states-pension-funds-take-5-billion-hit.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7095104636727844135' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/7095104636727844135' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-945401945"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="2:12 PM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2946742093661908184</id><published>2008-11-22T19:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T19:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This shows what happens when the constitution is i...</title><content type='html'>&lt;B&gt;This shows what happens when the constitution is ignored...the state is barred from even owning equities, yet PERF and TERF go merrily along like it doesn&#39;t matter.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Umm...this is wrong; the constitution was amended in 1996 to allow PERF and TRF to invest in stocks.  See Art. 11, Sec. 12:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;B&gt;Section 12. The State shall not be a stockholder in any bank; nor shall the credit of the State ever be given, or loaned, in aid of any&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;person, association or corporation; nor shall the State become a stockholder in any corporation or association.However, the General Assembly may by law,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;with limitations and regulations, provide that prohibitions in this section do not apply to a public employee retirement fund.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;/B&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7095104636727844135/comments/default/2946742093661908184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7095104636727844135/comments/default/2946742093661908184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/11/states-pension-funds-take-5-billion-hit.html?showComment=1227399420000#c2946742093661908184' title=''/><author><name>Unknown</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07519737020352873595</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/11/states-pension-funds-take-5-billion-hit.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7095104636727844135' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/7095104636727844135' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-810687044"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="7:17 PM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1875679952532002927</id><published>2008-11-22T16:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T16:40:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This shows what happens when the constitution is i...</title><content type='html'>&lt;B&gt;This shows what happens when the constitution is ignored...the state is barred from even owning equities, yet PERF and TERF go merrily along like it doesn&#39;t matter.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Technically, is that money owned by the state?  It was my thought that the public employees, who are forced to pay into the system, owned that money.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7095104636727844135/comments/default/1875679952532002927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7095104636727844135/comments/default/1875679952532002927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/11/states-pension-funds-take-5-billion-hit.html?showComment=1227390000000#c1875679952532002927' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/11/states-pension-funds-take-5-billion-hit.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7095104636727844135' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/7095104636727844135' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1114923450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="4:40 PM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-6800655380002425670</id><published>2008-11-22T13:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T13:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wischmeier is out of his mind to increase exposure...</title><content type='html'>Wischmeier is out of his mind to increase exposure to &quot;venture capital, real estate investment trusts and hedge funds&quot; at this stage.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hedge funds are doing far worse than the stock market.  REIT&#39;s are bleeding out.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sheesh.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This shows what happens when the constitution is ignored...the state is barred from even owning equities, yet PERF and TERF go merrily along like it doesn&#39;t matter.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Wischmeier doesn&#39;t care, he and his pals get paid anyway, even if it goes to zero.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7095104636727844135/comments/default/6800655380002425670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7095104636727844135/comments/default/6800655380002425670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/11/states-pension-funds-take-5-billion-hit.html?showComment=1227378060000#c6800655380002425670' title=''/><author><name>Unknown</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05237857691537702382</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2008/11/states-pension-funds-take-5-billion-hit.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7095104636727844135' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/7095104636727844135' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1744527179"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="1:21 PM GMT-5"/></entry></feed>