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A 401(k) is an employer-sponsored retirement savings plan that allows employees to contribute a portion of their pre-tax or after-tax income towards retirement. These contributions are then invested, and the growth is typically tax-deferred (in a traditional 401(k)) or tax-free (in a Roth 401(k)) until withdrawn in retirement.
Why We All Love 401(k)s
With the fiduciary rule frenzy and rumored tax reform, a little ‘pick-me-up’ is in order for purveyors of…
How to Survive a DOL Audit
Many businesses put a lot of time and effort into initially setting up company retirement plans. Unfortunately, and…
What, Already? …It’s National 401(k) Day!
National 401(k) Day helps employees save, plan, and achieve financial wellness with tools for a secure retirement future.
What’s the Funding Status of Your Client’s 401k Plan?
In the world of defined benefit (DB) plans, retirement plan sponsors embrace a liability-based framework for measuring investment…
Women Have a Major (Retirement Saving) Problem
Bad news on the retirement front. While Middle-American men and women share similar feelings of financial security, women…
Reason No. 1,468 For 401k Financial Wellness
Only six percent of Americans could pass a quiz about a broad range of financial decisions they most likely need to make.
The Nuclear Threat to Retirement Saving (Literally)
Investors have become increasingly concerned about the escalating North Korean threats, and understandably so. After initially shrugging off…
Shock (Not)! Wealthy Have Higher 401k Account Balances
Forget income inequality, retirement savings inequality might be the bigger issue (or at least income inequality in retirement).…
How’s the Betterment-Uber Retirement Plan Collaboration Going?
Uber Retirement Accounts help drivers save with free Betterment IRAs for the first year, offering flexible, no-minimum investing.
6 Reasons Why We Love Health Savings Accounts
With healthcare open enrollment season quickly approaching, 401(k) plan advisors and sponsors may want to spend time educating…