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By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | April 29, 2013
PBS’ Frontline Retirement Gamble fallout, falling fees, and soon to be falling bonds prices.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 401k, Bond, court ruling, ERISA, fee, fiduciary, Fiduciary Duty, Fiduciary Standard, Frontline, IRA, mutual fund, PBS, pension, retirement, Retirement Cap, Retirement Gamble, self-dealing
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | January 14, 2013
403(b) ills, a fiduciary stew and the return of investment performance.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 401k, 403b, brokerage window, DOL, Dual Registration, fiduciary, Fiduciary Standard, FINRA, Fred Reish, investment performance, IRA, IRS, mutual fund, nonprofit, passive-active, ROTH 401k, tax
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | December 4, 2012
Do the answers 401k investors seek lie in its past?
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Posted in Due Diligence | Tagged 2006 Pension Protection Act, 401k, Jason Zweig, Lipper, Managed Portfolio, Modern Portfolio Theory, Morningstar, mutual fund, One Portfolio, pension, profit sharing, Scott Holsopple, Style Box, Timothy G. Parker
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | October 9, 2012
This may rock the world of the unsuspecting. Fasten your seatbelts before proceeding.
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Posted in Due Diligence | Tagged active, DOL, expense ratio, fiduciary, investment, Laura Lutton, Morningstar, mutual fund, passive, SEC
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | July 3, 2012
Any talk of mutual fund expense ratios only diverts attention away from the true issue at hand – what are the true costs of those non-mutual fund products that make up nearly half of all 401k investments?
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Posted in Fees | Tagged 12b-1, 401k, Carhartt, David Abbey, DOL, expense ratio, Fee Disclosure Rule, fiduciary, ICI, load, mutual fund, passive-active
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | April 4, 2012
We trust this represents a Decalogue possessing both credence and compatibility. Not only does it make sense to use, but the vast majority of plan sponsors can easily adopt each category of scrutiny.
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Posted in Due Diligence | Tagged 401k, Boyd Wagstaff, investment option, Manny Schiffres, mutual fund, Todd Reid
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | January 3, 2012
The year closed with a lot of contemplation on the 2011 that was and the 2011 that was not, with a dash of hope for the 2012 to be.
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Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 2011 Top Stories, 401k Investment Advice, ETF, fee, fiduciary, Fiduciary Standard, mutual fund
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | September 20, 2011
The research has been around for more than a decade. Why do regulators and the industry ignore it?
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Posted in Due Diligence | Tagged behavioral economics, behavioral finance, DOL, Fallacy of Large Numbers, Fiduciary Solutions, mutual fund, Myopic Loss Aversion, Paul Samuelson, performance reporting, Richard Thaler, SEC, Shlomo Benartzi
FiduciaryNews Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 4/26/13
By Christopher Carosa, CTFA | April 29, 2013
PBS’ Frontline Retirement Gamble fallout, falling fees, and soon to be falling bonds prices.
Read the full story...Posted in Trending Topics | Tagged 401k, Bond, court ruling, ERISA, fee, fiduciary, Fiduciary Duty, Fiduciary Standard, Frontline, IRA, mutual fund, PBS, pension, retirement, Retirement Cap, Retirement Gamble, self-dealing | Leave a response