As the year approaches its conclusion, it’s a good time to reflect on the good that we have seen in the 401k world. In doing so, we can see plan sponsors have reason to smile.
Basic Members
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It’s safer to assume you don’t know everything – and here’s a list that begins to define that everything.
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What if you were told the best way to calm your nerves was to be worried? Here are 7 reasons why this might be true.
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A fiduciary who only looks at the most recent reporting period stands to make an unfortunate – and potentially damaging – investment decision… and unnecessarily exposes himself and his company to a liability that can otherwise be easily avoided.
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Worse, those held accountable for the potential damage of the flaw are not these detached organizations, but the professionals implicitly promoting the festering error – regular people ranging from bank trustees hired to guard the interests of beneficiaries to retirement plan sponsors and trustees responsible for protecting their employees.
How a Fiduciary Can Better Prepare Pre-Retirees to Avoid that “What’s Missing” Feeling in Retirement
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Perhaps the usual focus on the fairy tale version of retirement has led to the problem of post-retirement disappointment. To counter this, pre-retirees are vowing to avoid the mistakes of their older brothers and sisters.
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One way to overcome this lack of purpose is to treat retirement itself as a mission… purpose all comes down to two words: “Get Involved.”
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If we understand thoroughly what happened to each generation during its unique formative years, we can then make sense of the unique and powerful core values that guide that generation’s unique decision-making, including the decisions about their money.
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