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5 Awkward 401k Questions Every Good Fiduciary Must Know the Answer To

    5 Awkward 401k Questions Every Good Fiduciary Must Know the Answer To

Never belittle the question or the person asking the question. These are sincere queries that represent commonly held beliefs. These beliefs live a Schrodinger Cat-like existence, being generally not quite true and not quite false. It’s critical, for the benefit of all retirement savers, that these questions be asked and that fiduciaries encourage their asking. This is the only way that allows the fiduciary to respond in the second noteworthy way: By using these questions to refute misconceptions and promote good retirement saving decision-making.

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Guidelines for Minor Children: How to Avoid a Personal Retirement Crisis

    Guidelines for Minor Children: How to Avoid a Personal Retirement Crisis

But, as the clichĂ© goes, “What about the children?” Arguably, it is minor children who have the best (and easiest) opportunity to shield themselves from a retirement crisis. They have the advantage of time (to maximize the benefits of compound interest).

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What Ben Franklin Might Tell a 401k Fiduciary to Say at an Enrollment Meeting

    What Ben Franklin Might Tell a 401k Fiduciary to Say at an Enrollment Meeting

Franklin was not merely an advocate of entrepreneurism, he was also one heck of a financier. His will actually calculated the precise growth he expected from the trusts and further instructed the trustees in terms of allocating those assets at the end of the first hundred years and again at the end of a second hundred years upon which the trust would be terminated.

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The #1 Retirement Saving Goal for People in Their 40s and the Most Useful Strategy to Get There

    The #1 Retirement Saving Goal for People in Their 40s and the Most Useful Strategy to Get There

Quite the opposite from being “over the hill,” those in their forties may find they’re still slogging up hill in terms of saving for retirement.

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The Top Seven Questions Retirement Savers Fail to Ask But Should

    The Top Seven Questions Retirement Savers Fail to Ask But Should

It’s often difficult for those not immersed in the everyday concerns of retirement saving to know what to ask (let alone how to interpret the answers). It’s up to plan sponsors and the service providers they employ to guide plan participants along the proper route.

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7 Tips Present Day Retirees Wished They Knew When They Were 24

    7 Tips Present Day Retirees Wished They Knew When They Were 24

If retirees could go back in time 50 years, this is what they’d want to know.

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How Does Goal-Oriented Targeting Work?

Who wants to be a millionaire? It’s easier than you think – especially if you’re in your twenties.

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Facts and Fiction of Modern Retirement – What Every 401k Fiduciary Should Teach Employees

The truth is, many retirees continue working, but not always for reasons you might guess.

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What is the 401k Average Deferral Rate?

The answer is all across the board – and, believe it or not, there’s a good reason for that.

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How (and Why) the 401k Fiduciary Should Act to Increase Employee Deferral Rates

We pay the monthly rent in dollars, not a percentage of our salary, so why doesn’t the industry speak of deferral rates in terms of real dollars instead of percentages?

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