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401(k)

• Estate Planning Essentials: 8 Steps to Protect Your Family

  Take care of these things today and your loved ones will be grateful that you’ve saved them money and anguish after you die. But look at it this way: If the worst should happen and you don’t have your financial affairs in order, you’ll leave your loved ones a big headache, and...

  Articles | Sep 2, 2009

• Savings Help for Self-Employed

  Work for yourself? Don’t mourn that 401(k)! Tax laws allow the self-employed to save a lot more in special retirement savings plans than regular individual retirement accounts. So seize the tax breaks made just for you... It can be tough adjusting to life as an “accidental consultant.” On...

  Articles | Mar 9, 2009

• What You Should Know About Your 401(k) if You Leave Your Job

  While it may not be your most pressing concern, it's still important to consider your retirement plan if you find yourself out of a job. Here's what you should know. by Larry Swedroe

  Blog posts | May 26, 2009

• Amateurs Beat the Investment Pros

  Vanguard just released its 2009 How America Saves study and it provides some interesting data on how individual 401(k) investors seem to have handled this financial crisis much better than the institutional investors who manage big pension plans and endowments. by Charlie Farrell

  Blog posts | Aug 24, 2009

• Check out the Best 401(k)s

  Does your 401(k) suck? (Or is it just you?) Find out by stacking up yours against three outstanding plans, each with particular strengths, offered by three very different companies: IBM, M. A. Mortenson, and Nationwide. IBM: A Generous Match and Choices Galore...

  Articles | Mar 9, 2009

• Don't Obsess About Your 401(k) Value

  Don't worry about how much you are worth on a day-to-day basis. As long as you are balanced, diversified and saving adequately, you are moving down the path to a healthy retirement. by Charlie Farrell

  Blog posts | Mar 16, 2009

• Reduce Your 401(k) Fees and Improve Your Retirement

  High 401(k) fees can hamper your ability to retire. A quick email to your employer could get the ball rolling on lowering fees in your plan. by Charlie Farrell

  Blog posts | Apr 9, 2009

• 401(k)s: The Great American Risk Transfer

  Last night's "60 Minutes" segment on 401(k) plans (see following video) highlighted the high fees in 401(k) and other employer-sponsored retirement accounts. While helping participants understand the fees they pay is laudable, there's a bigger problem with 401(k)s: the switch from pension plans...

  Blog posts | Apr 20, 2009

• The Rockin' Tax-Free Roth

  Among the many retirement savings options, there is one account that stands out above the others. It’s the Roth IRA or 401(k). In most cases, a Roth will let you save more and keep more than any other retirement plan. Find out why... When it comes to investing for retirement, the old adage...

  Articles | Mar 9, 2009

• Inside Stable Value Funds

  At least until recently, just about every investment in your 401(k) has let you down amid the wholesale market meltdown — except one. Stable value funds have lived up to their name so far. But just so you know, they aren’t risk-free. So, trust but verify... Until stocks turned around a few...

  Articles | Mar 16, 2009