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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then invested, and the growth is typically tax-deferred (in a traditional 401(k)) or tax-free (in a Roth 401(k)) until withdrawn in retirement.
What Happened With FINRA Fines in 2017?
Did 2016’s heavy-handed FINRA fines (a record amount totaling $176 million) scare the industry straight? Perhaps—at least to…
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Reason No. 6,392 for 401(k) Retirement Savings
Over 60 percent of females, who are retired or plan to retire soon, are counting on Social Security as their primary source of retirement income.
How to Boost Small Business Owners’ Retirement Confidence
Small business owners experience different retirement planning challenges than typical employees, according to a small business retirement plan…
Post-Tax Reform, Wealthy Americans in the Market for Financial Advice
Given that recent tax reform was the most extensive in several decades, the effects are predictably being examined…
‘America Saves Week’ in Full Swing
It might not have the allure and excitement of Spring Break hijinks, but over 1,550 organizations across the…
Who Has the Biggest and Best 401(k) Plan in America?
Major airlines again flew away with the best scores for the top 30 401(k) plans in America. The…
More Like 4-0-None (K): Less Than Half of Workers Contribute
Only 49% of U.S. workers use employer-sponsored 401k plans, and just 37% contribute to individual retirement accounts, per Edward Jones.
7 Obvious Steps to Millennial Retirement Saving Success
New research by the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) found 66.2 percent of Millennials have nothing saved for retirement. Of those who are saving, just five percent are putting away enough.