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401(k) Investments
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401(k) investments refer to the various assets and financial instruments available within a 401(k) retirement plan, which employees can choose to grow their retirement savings. These investments are selected from a menu of options provided by the plan sponsor (usually the employer) and managed through a plan administrator.
How TDF Design Can Impact Investor Behavior
The pandemic highlighted the need for a backstop against TDF investors' panic-based behavior, according to insight from PIMCO.
Episode 21: Retireholi(k)s Host JD Carlson on PEP Dangers, Potential Magazine Covers and More
Pooled employer plans are getting a lot of attention, but do they live up to the hype? JD…
Target Date Funds Continue Their 401(k) DC Plan Domination
Little surprise, target date funds (TDF) are a popular choice for 401(k) plans’ investment lineups, especially among younger…
2020 Year-End Self-Directed 401(k) Balances Soar
The stock market’s strong fourth quarter provided a nice year-end boost for retirement plan participants with self-directed brokerage…
TAPO TV: Self-Directed Brokerage Accounts in 401(k) plans—Yea or Nay?
Should participants invest in, and trade, individual securities within their 401k through self-directed brokerage accounts (SBDA)? Does it…
First-Ever ESG Option Available in a Fixed Index Annuity
ESG Fixed Index Annuity offers sustainable investing with growth potential through BlackRock, RetireOne, and Midland National.
Group Issues Framework for Daily Valuation of Alternative Assets in 401(k)s
When the Department of Labor confirmed that 401(k) plans may include private equity investments back in June 2020, there…
3 Ways to Get TSP Participants to $1M
How do you become a millionaire with a Thrift Savings Plan? Almost 75,500 participants did it in three…
Fidelity: Retirement Balances (and 401k Millionaires) Hit Record Levels in 2020
Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, Fidelity Investments reports today that individual contributions to all three retirement account platforms remained…
How (and Why) Betterment Built a Climate-Focused Portfolio
On Feb. 1, 2021, Boris Khentov, senior vice president of operations at New York City-based robo-advisor Betterment, wrote…