“If your 401(k) consultant is an insurance firm, investors should ask themselves if the high-fee annuities in their plan are there because they are the best investment option or because they are profitable vehicles for insurers. ‘Nobody should buy annuities,’ said Steve Lansing of Sentinel Fiduciary Services. ‘The fees are so high that it’s prima facie breach of fiduciary responsibility.’”

"Your 401(k) Consultant May Be Serving Two Masters"
TheStreet.com, September 29, 2003

“Economic reports come and go and investor sentiment changes as quickly as the wind on an Oklahoma plain…Whenever the market has a very bad day or an extended period of days we see triple-digit declines, it’s human nature to get out. It’s human nature to panic.”

–Jake Dollarhide, CEO
Longbow Asset Management Company
The New York Times, April 22, 2005