401(k) Plans
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May 23, 2013
It all depends on how much money you think you can save each year. Fancy plans let you save 25 percent of your income or more. Modest plans have low contribution limits.
If you won’t put away any more than $5,000 a year ($6,500 if you...
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May 23, 2013
The average 401(k) retirement balance for U.S. workers hit a record high of $80,900 in the first quarter, a growth spurt of 75 percent since the stock market's nadir in March 2009, Fidelity Investments said on Thursday based on a survey of its...
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May 22, 2013
Pension funds - those old guaranteed-benefit retirement plans your grandma might have told you about - outperform those in 401(k) plans year after year, according to new research from consulting company Towers Watson.
In 2011, the last year...
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May 22, 2013
A job and a paycheck - they go together like coffee and cream. But when you retire from your regular job, does that mean you have to give up the cream?
A growing number of 401(k) plans are including investment choices that can help savers...
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May 2, 2013
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — About 82 million U.S. households have investments in employee-sponsored retirement...
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April 29, 2013
Mark Schottland's 401(k) took a beating in the market crash of 2008, and its value plunged 35 percent, to $65,000. But rather than go into a mattress fund, the Nashville resident decided to invest in himself.
Schottland used what was left...
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April 16, 2013
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — The number of U.S. adults who aren’t confident in their ability to...
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April 10, 2013
In the financial planning industry, a researcher named Wade Pfau has completed some excellent research on how much individuals of all ages...
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April 8, 2013
The story of Scott and Erika should be a wake-up call.
They married in 2005. As any new spouse would do, Erika made Scott the beneficiary of her...
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April 8, 2013
Before making this decision, it is important to look at the big picture.
Yes, every retirement plan that I know of will allow an employee to stop...









