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The Wall Street Journal is Flat-Out Wrong on 401(k)s: Opinion
A spirited defense of 401(k)s is in order in the wake of The Wall Street Journal’s feature on the…
January 4, 2017
SIMPLE Solutions to America’s 401(k) Retirement Savings Gap
America’s retirement savings “gap” was numerically quantified in a report from Pew Charitable Trusts released last year. Specifically…
January 4, 2017
Fantastic 401k Advice from Jim Cramer …Wait! What?
While we’re often at odds with the motor mouth “Mad Money” host, even a stopped clock is right…
January 2, 2017
Fact-Checking 401(k) Savings: Is Bernie Sanders Right?
PolitiFact put Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders under its “fact-checking” microscope Thursday. Specifically, the website and offshoot of the Tampa…
December 31, 2016
Unintended Results? Conflicts of Interest and the 401(k) Fiduciary Rule
We’re living in an age when an unprecedented number of 401(k) plan participants must make decisions about assets…
December 28, 2016
What Will ‘Impact’ An Advisor’s 401k Fiduciary Obligations?
There is no doubt about the strong growth in assets deployed to impact investing—up 76 percent from 2012…
December 26, 2016
Why It’s (Not) Different This Time in 401k Investing
As a student of history, I’m amazed by how much perspective we can learn from the past. In…
December 18, 2016
Fiduciary Rule’s Impact on the Average 401(k) Participant
DOL 401(k) fiduciary rule aims to boost savings, protect investors, and ensure advisors focus on participants’ financial health.
December 14, 2016
Why State-Based 401(k) Plans Are a (Really) Bad Thing
“Under the Affordable Care Act, millions of Americans lost the health insurance they liked. Now, the same could…
December 6, 2016
Don’t Get Burned: Six 401(k) Fiduciary Items to Closely Watch
When I was a teenager, we were told that cracking our knuckles will cause arthritis; it doesn’t. We…
November 28, 2016