Are target-date funds, the most popular 401(k) investment, right for you?
Melkinimages | E+ | Getty Images Target-date funds are a way for 401(k) participants to put their retirement savings on…
The Roth 401(k) is becoming more common
Filippobacci | E+ | Getty Images Retirement savers, take note: more employers have added a Roth savings option to their…
Here’s how to retire a millionaire, according to finance pros
Goran Babic | E+ | Getty Images Building a $1 million nest egg may seem an impossible feat. However, amassing…
More employers add 401(k) plan match for workers paying student loans
Morsa Images | Digitalvision | Getty Images Companies can now offer their workers a “match” on their student loan payments…
401(k) savers can access one of the ‘rare guarantees’ in investing, CFP says
There are few certainties when it comes to investing. The stock market can seem to gyrate with little rhyme or…
This is the ‘billion-dollar blind spot’ of 401(k)-to-IRA rollovers, Vanguard finds
Many investors unknowingly make a costly mistake when rolling their money from a 401(k) plan to an individual retirement account:…
401(k) auto-enrollment features don’t help savings as much as expected, study finds
Employers are increasingly putting workers’ 401(k) plan savings on autopilot. But the positive impact of automated retirement savings is more…
Here’s why you may be saving more in your 401(k) — and not even know it
You may be saving more money for retirement and not even know it. An increasing share of employers are automating…
Policy changes look to reduce 401(k) plan ‘leakage’
Leaks aren’t just a problem for pipes. Billions of dollars a year drip from the U.S. retirement system when investors…
401(k), IRA balances fell for older millennials, young Gen Xers during the pandemic. Here’s why
Retirement balances for midcareer workers declined between 2019 and 2022, despite gains on financial assets such as stocks during that…
