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About The Principal

The Principal Financial Group® (The Principal®) has been helping individuals, families, and businesses with their financial goals since 1879.

 

The Principal is a leading global financial company offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services.

 

Our range of products and services includes retirement solutions, insurance, wellness programs, and investment and banking products through our diverse family of financial services companies and national network of financial professionals.

 

For Individuals

A little planning is all you need to help turn your financial dreams into realities. And at The Principal, we can help give you an edge when it comes to accomplishing your financial goals. 

 

For Businesses

The economy has taken a toll on investments, businesses and employee benefits. The Principal can help give you an edge when it comes to protecting your business. If you're ready to forge ahead, we can help you. To assess and rebuild your financial dreams.

 

For Financial Professionals

Do you want to work with a company that can help you succeed while making it easy to do business? The Principal is that company.  
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HOT TOPIC: Why Watch the Employment Situation

Labor reports showed some signs of improvement in the second half of 2011. This article takes a closer look at the official reports that track employment, factors that held back job creation after the recession officially ended, and whether recent gains are enough to spark more robust growth.

When Key Players Can't Work

If a company is a two-owner business or its success relies on a few key players, key-person life or disability insurance could possibly offset the risk that the premature disability or death of a major contributor could ruin its future prospects.

Building a Business Versus Building Wealth

The market for small businesses has been less than ideal over the past few years. Thus a business owner's efforts to build a successful business may not always translate to an increase in personal wealth. One way to insulate a business owner's personal financial situation from the fluctuating small-business market is by investing outside the company.

HOT TOPIC: Breaking Down the Debt-Ceiling Compromise

The Budget Control Act of 2011 raised the federal debt ceiling, mandated modest but significant caps on discretionary spending over the next ten years, and left the details of larger deficit reduction to a 12 member, bipartisan “super committee.” The main provisions of the law include the assumption that higher tax rates will return in 2013.

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Market Watch

February 09, 2012 @ 05:40 AM

Dow Jones Industrials 12,883.95+ 5.75
Nasdaq Composite 2,915.86+ 11.78
Nasdaq 100 2,545.72+ 13.66
S&P 500 1,349.96+ 2.91

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