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Investors are becoming more price conscious. In response to the increased pressure to lower 401(k) costs, alternatives to traditional mutual fund investments that offer significantly lower fees are growing in popularity.
Workers are growing to accept the idea that they may be working long after they've become eligible for senior discounts. Yet rather than fixate on their target retirement age, they're increasingly focused on how much money they'll need to retire, according to a new national survey by Wells Fargo & Co.
Worker skepticism about having enough money to retire comfortably has taken a nosedive in a new national survey. Just 23 percent say they're very confident about being able to pay basic living expenses in retirement. That's down from 46 percent in 2008.
Sometimes it pays to get help. A new study of 401(k) accounts provides further evidence that workers who get help pocket higher returns than those handling their own investment choices.
The Department of Labor said Monday it will delay until next year its plan to implement new rules regulating investment advice for 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts.
Workers with 401(k) retirement accounts are due to receive improved disclosures about the fees they're paying. The Department of Labor has mandated such disclosure beginning next year and on Tuesday said the information may be delivered electronically by email or through a secure website.
Earthquakes and California go together. Or at least that's what most of the country thought until Tuesday's East Coast earthquake centered in Virginia.
Workers with 401(k) accounts, fearing another drop in their savings similar to 2008, shifted investments from stocks to less volatile bond funds in the days leading up to Tuesday's debt ceiling vote.
Workers have become more involved in retirement planning but too often just one member of the family takes care of investments and strategy, leaving the spouse unprepared to take over if needed.
For someone whose focus is managing the world's largest bond fund, Bill Gross is certainly sour on the bond market's future.
High gas prices, failure of the government to control the federal deficit, and persistently high unemployment has soured the attitude of workers toward investing, a poll released Thursday says.
The average balance of 401(k) retirement plan accounts managed by Fidelity Investments rose to $74,900 at the end of the first quarter, the highest level since the company began tracking balances in 1998.
Americans who were afraid to open their 401(k) statements during the recession are finding good news inside the envelope now: For the most part, their accounts have come all the way back and then some.
The chief executive of NYSE Euronext Inc. received compensation in 2010 that was 3 percent less than the year before, primarily because stock awards and perks were lower.
Most 401(k) accountholders continue to plug away at setting aside a portion of their pay. That consistency, along with a rising stock market helped push balances in plans managed by Fidelity Investment to a 10-year high, the retirement plan provider said Wednesday.
The New York Stock Exchange will be acquired by Deutsche Boerse, owner of the Frankfurt stock exchange.
Is there a shadow cast over your financial life? Maybe that's because you're stuck in a seemingly endless cycle of paying too much in taxes, fees, and penalties.
0 President Barack Obama laid out an agenda for the second half of his term in Tuesday nights State of the Union address. He hit several broad themes including, curtailing government spending, revising the tax code, and promoting clean energy and education initiatives.
A chance to split a $380 million jackpot. Where's the problem in that?
The stock market has rebounded nicely, yet there's still more good news when it comes to 401(k)s. Most of the companies that suspended their matching contributions as the economy tanked have either restored the match, or plan to within the next six months.
Just as plastic rendered paper checks nearly obsolete, gadgets may soon do the same to credit and debit cards.
The Department of Labor says the recession is financially stressing business owners, and in a few cases they're pilfering employee contributions to 401(k) and health benefits accounts.
The Department of Labor says it wants to expand the number of consultants and advisers it can hold legally responsible for the advice they give retirement plan providers.
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