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Top Ten Most Widely Read FiduciaryNews.com Stories in 2011

We may have expected too much from 2011 but the popularity of these stories might reveal more than the news making headlines of the past year.

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Avoiding Decision Paralysis: How to Create the Ideal 401k Plan Option Menu

Life may or may not be a box of chocolates, but what we learn from that box can help plan sponsors and the typical ERISA fiduciary build a better 401k plan.

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Professional Advisors Sound Off on Ideal Number of 401k Plan Options

There’s a surprising consensus among financial professionals regarding how many options a 401k plan menu should offer – and it may surprise to discover what it is.

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How Plan Sponsors Can Help 401k Investors Avoid Overdiversification

Two easy actions to take right now to give 401k investors a better chance to achieve their retirement goals.

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Why Overdiversification Matters to the ERISA Fiduciary

A lurking liability within the bowels of the DOL safe harbor provision, prudence demands 401k plan sponsors cannot overlook this Deadly Sin.

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A Trip Down Memory Lane – Revisiting Portfolio Optimization

It took finance professors more than half a century to conclude what a 1956 Elvis chart-topper told us in 2 minutes and 33 seconds.

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7 Deadly Sins Every ERISA Fiduciary Must Avoid: The 4th Deadly Sin – Overdiversification

You won’t find it in the dictionary but you’re likely to find it in every 401k plan.

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How Many Investment Options Should 401k Plan Sponsors Offer?

A better question: Why don’t enough 401k plan sponsors ask this important fiduciary question?

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Tips 401k Plan Sponsors Can Use to Help Employees Avoid Risk Aversion

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Here’s a study showing why segregation is a bad thing even when it comes to portfolio reporting.

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Risk and the 401k Investor: How Plan Sponsors Can Avoid Misleading Employees

Here are three easy practices a 401k plan fiduciary can implement to avoid one of the common investing mistakes identified by researchers in the field of behavioral finance.

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