AARP Issues Warnings about Principal Protected Notes and Other Structured Product Investments

John F. Wasik’s article in the March | April 2011 edition of AARP Magazine, entitled “The Time Bomb in Your Nest Egg,” is a “must read” as it focuses on a hot group of investment products called Structured Products, which are being marketed to conservative fixed income investors seeking better yields. Sales are rising, and they are dangerous. As Mr. Wasik states at the outset, “They’re sold as supersafe investments. They promise higher returns than any CD. And they’re not to be trusted.”