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401(k)

• Rebuild Your Retirement Savings

  If you are in your 40s or younger, you probably have time to rebuild your savings before retirement. If you are in your 50s or older, and you had a lot of your 401(k) money in the stock market, you likely face a far grimmer truth: you may not be able to retire as early or as comfortably as you...

  Articles | Apr 17, 2009

• Shore Up Your Beleaguered Finances

  Uncle Sam thinks you're too rich to help, so you'll have to help yourself. Keep Your Income Flowing In past recessions, the little guy or gal took the brunt of the job losses. Now, however, a high annual income — one over $100,000 — may actually make you more vulnerable....

  Articles | May 4, 2009

• Are You Spending Retirement Money to Stay Afloat?

  Although my 401(k) is down substantially from where it was in November 2007, at least I haven't had to dip into it to pay the bills. That isn't the case for many Americans, according to a new survey from Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Greater Atlanta. (Full disclosure: I sit on a...

  Blog posts | Apr 13, 2009

• Lessons from Your '08 Return

  Your 2008 taxes are done. Congrats! But you’re not done yet. This is the perfect time to look for ways to lower your 2009 taxes, while you have all your records and forms handy. The sooner you get started, the more you’ll save. Avoid a Big Tax Refund Keep more money in your...

  Articles | Apr 3, 2009

• The Payoff from Retiring Later

  Given the ferocity of the recent bear market mauling, odds are even a stock market rebound isn't enough to get your retirement plan back on track. The truth is you're probably going to have to work a few years longer. How to stay in the game... Let’s get real. In the wake of the recent bear...

  Articles | Mar 9, 2009

• So, You'll Just Work A Few Years Longer. You Sure?

  As you stare at the smoking ruin of your 401(k), the collapsed value of your home and the massive deficits facing Social Security, it's pretty clear what you have to do to have any hope of retiring with dignity. Work a few more years. Call it quits at 66, say, instead of 62. The math is...

  Blog posts | Jul 17, 2009

• Obama's IRA Proposal: How to Make It Better

  Tucked into the Obama financial reform package is a proposal to automatically enroll employees in IRAs if their employer doesn't have a retirement plan. It's a good initial idea, but it can be improved by equalizing the IRA and 401(k) contribution limits and removing the employer mandate from the...

  Blog posts | Jul 17, 2009

• Do You Need A Smarter Mutual Fund Manager?

  If you're like most investors, your 401(k) plan has probably taken a beating over the last 18 months. Maybe the problem is the people managing your mutual funds just aren't that smart. If you used smarter people, you should get better results. Right? by Charlie Farrell

  Blog posts | Jul 7, 2009

• I Will Not Time the Market. I Will Not Time the Market

  When people in the advice business make the point that timing the market is a loser’s game, they often trot their favorite hypothetical. You've not doubt encountered it in the "Investing is Easy" brochures that your company gave you when you enrolled in your 401(k). (That is, if you even...

  Blog posts | Jun 19, 2009

• After the Great Recession

  The recession will end eventually. And the economy, the workplace, and the markets will return to something we’ll learn to call normal. But it won’t be like any normal you’ve seen before.So, where do we go from here? The world’s most powerful economy has been laid low by the...

  Articles | Jun 22, 2009