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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then invested, and the growth is typically tax-deferred (in a traditional 401(k)) or tax-free (in a Roth 401(k)) until withdrawn in retirement.
Bloomberg’s (Extremely) Bogus 401(k) Fight
“In 2020, there is no tax advantage remaining to the 401(k).” It’s just one of many hot takes…
Generational Saving Surveys Are Divisive Bunk, Empower Says
Millennials are a bunch of whiners, but we agree with Empower Retirement’s larger point. Whether this generation or…
Index Reveals Americans’ Heightened Worries Around Retirement
Given the current state of the country, it’s no big surprise Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their…
IRS Reveals 2020 ‘Dirty Dozen’ Tax Scams
How many times have we inadvertently clicked on a link, only to realize something is amiss? The angst…
Mutual Fund Flows Best Since Beginning of COVID
Mutual fund and ETF flows for June were the strongest since January, according to Morningstar. Overall, long-term mutual…
Stash App Reports Big Surge in New Retirement Accounts
New data from personal finance and investing app Stash shows a large surge in retirement account openings—particularly among…
Lack of Emergency Savings Means Retirement Account Leakage During COVID-19
Retirement plan “leakage” is rearing its ugly head again thanks to hardships brought on by the trainwreck of…
Colorado Becomes Latest State to Adopt an Auto-IRA Program
Colorado became the latest state to mandate employer-based retirement plans under a bill signed into law by Gov.…
COVAXX Announces First Multitope Peptide-Based Vaccine to Enter Human Trials
Chronic and infectious disease vaccine developer COVAXX announced pre-clinical data for its lead vaccine. The Hauppauge, N.Y.-based COVAXX…
Vanguard to Outsource its Retirement Plan Recordkeeping Operations
Vanguard said Tuesday that IT services firm Infosys will assume day-to-day operations of Vanguard’s DC recordkeeping business. However,…