401ks

Seniors Mean Business on Facebook

Wm. Scott Page | Posted 04.10.2012

If AARP, which has more than 10 percent of the U.S. population on its rolls, hasn't yet figured out how to capture seniors on the most pervasive social media site, then we all have a long way to go.

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Minorities More Likely To Make This Costly Move

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Retirement, 401ks, 401k Withdrawal, Retirement Accounts, 401k Withdrawals, Retirement Planning, Withdrawal, 401(K), 401(K) Plans, 401k Hardship Withdrawal, Video, Withdrawals, 401k, Hardship Withdrawal, Saving for Retirement, Hardship Withdrawals, 401k Hardship Withdrawals, Money News

Here's more evidence of just how hard the recession was on minorities. African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans were more likely to tap their retir...

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Time to Rethink Retirement

Wm. Scott Page | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Baby Boomers Life Insurance, Retirement Planning, Baby Boomers Retirement, 401ks, Baby Boomers Retirement Savings, 401k Plans, Planning for Retirement, Life Insurance, Retirement Savings, Saving for Retiement, Money News

While the overall economy appears to be on the uptick, we are facing a baby boom financial catastrophe if we don't change how we pay for retirement and explore all possible means to get there.

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Proposed Social Security Chained COLA Not Ready for Prime Time

Merton Bernstein | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Social Security Benefits, Social Security Cola, Social Security Chained COLA, Social Security Modest Benefits, Iras, 401(K)s, Private Retirement Plan Deterioration, Politics News

Until the necessary procedures are designed, tested, and proven feasible , chained COLA will not be ready for prime time. Even then, it would reduce benefits and impose harm without adequate justification.

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My Personal Emoticon, "Be Smart," Calls Foul on Financial Hacks and Conventional Thinkers

Pamela Yellen | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Wall Street Propaganda, 401(K)s, Cnbc, Economy, Financial TImes, Be Smart, Lost Generation Jim Cramer, Emoticons, Wall Street Journal, Personal Finance, Bank on Yourself Nation, Retirement Accounts, Business News

As news consumers, we need to warn one another to Be Smart when we encounter the supernova-size explosions of myths, stereotypes, negativities and illusions that bombard us daily.

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States May Switch Pension Funds To 401Ks

nytimes.com | Steven Greenhouse | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Debt, Retirement Savings, 401ks, Retirement, Pension Fund Crisis, Pension Funds, Business News

Lawmakers and governors in many states, faced with huge shortfalls in employee pension funds, are turning to a strategy that a lot of private companie...

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What Colbert and Stewart Forgot to Tell Us: If We Don't Vote on Tuesday, We're Toast

Jane White | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Beck, Rally to Restore Sanity, Newt Gingrich, John Boehner, 401ks, Politics News

We can sit on our butts on Tuesday and whine about our lack of leadership, or we can assume leadership by putting the right people in office and then tell them what to do. It's now or just about never.

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Why Your 401K Plan May Be Overpriced

Time | Stephen Gandel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fidelity Investments, Mutual Funds, 401k, Retirement, 401ks, Retirement Plans, 401k Advice, Etf, Pension Funds, Business News

Boston College's Center for Retirement Research Center has a study out this month about the cost of 401(k) plans, and they have found another flaw in ...

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401K Peformance: Average Account Balance Up 13% In 2009

AP | DAVID PITT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 401k Performance 2009, Investing, 401(K)s, Fidelity, 401k, Stock Market Performance, Business News

DES MOINES, Iowa — If you had a good mix of stocks and bonds in your retirement account and you left it alone through the market madness of the ...

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New York Daily News Stops Matching Employees 401(K)

New York Post | Keith Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newspapers, New York Daily News, Mort Zuckerman, Newspaper Industry, Daily News, 401K Matching, Mark Kramer, 401k, 401ks, Media News

DAILY News Chairman Mort Zuckerman went inside the beleaguered tabloid's newsroom yesterday morning for an interview with CNN, during which he insiste...

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Making a Bad Situation Worse: Investing in 401(k)s without an Employer Match

Dan Solin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investment Advice, Investing, Business, Securities, 401ks, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News

If your employer stops contributing to your 401(k) plan, you should think very carefully about whether you should continue to participate. You have options.

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When 401k Came Into Our Lives

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 401(K) Plans, Financial Crisis, Business, Defined Benefit, Retirement, 401ks, Defined Benefit Plans, Economic Crisis, Business News

I am appalled that both presidential candidates have proposals that will make it easier for people to blow their 401(k) money.

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Anybody Wanna Bail Out Some 401Ks?

Harry Fuller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reagan, Investments, Socialism, Wall Street, Saving for Retirement, 401ks, Bail-Outs, Economy, Ponzi Scheme, Business News

We have pauperized our nation, most especially our government. The American dollar is looking more and more like a xeroxed hand-out.

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All About 401ks

Christine Hassler | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Balanced Life, 401k Advice, 401k, 401ks, Healthy Living News

Dear Christine, I just started at a new job and my company offers a 401k - they asked me how much I want to take out of my paycheck to put in and I h...

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Terrorists On Wall Street

Harry Fuller | Posted 05.25.2011

This is the latest in terror tactics: give me money or I blow my corporation up. The U.S. hasn't been this pathetic since Katrina.

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