CREF Watch

FAQ Page Added!

CREF Stock Account charts and tables updated for 2007 year-end.

Nightmare on Third Avenue

• Three trustees resign, SEC involved

Expense Ratios

• What's an "Expense Ratio", and why do I care?

• Charts and Graphs of CREF Stock Fund

• A Brief History of Mutual Funds and Expense Ratios

Tim's Speeches at CREF Annual Meetings

• July 15, 2008 - Tim did not attend the 2008 CREF meeting

• July 17, 2007 Questions

• July 18, 2006 Speech

• July 19, 2005 Speech

• Tim's 2005 Participant Proposal and Speech

• June 15, 2004 Speech

• Tim's 2004 (excluded) Proposal

• December 15, 2003 Speech

Meeting Summary & Commentary by Tim Buchman

• Advice on attending the next meeting!

• July 15, 2008 - Tim did not attend the 2008 CREF meeting

• July 17, 2007 Commentary

• July 18, 2006 Commentary

• July 19, 2005 Commentary

• June 15, 2004 Commentary

• December 15, 2003 Commentary

Things that bother me

• Transfer of Long-Term Care Insurance to MetLife

• We'll lose some transferability rights on December 31, 2005

• 2004 Change in CREF Stock Investment Strategy

Useful Information

• TIAA-CREF FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

• 1987 Settlement with S.E.C. and others

• 1997 Loss of TIAA-CREF's tax-exempt status

• AAUP Letter on Executive Compensation

• Chronicle of Higher Education Article and Colloquy, November, 2004

Bibliography and Web Links

• CREF Bibliography (Online and Off)

Visitors

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