Most 401k investment menus retain the “style box” mentality of the 1990s. Who doesn’t have a kitchen from the 1990s that they don’t want to remodel? Your 401k investment menu is no different.
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Be wary of Washington Retirement “Fix,” Losing the Fiduciary Battle, and There are worse things than fees
Bonds and bond funds alike suffer from rising interest rates, but bonds are protected in ways bond funds are not. Does the typical 401k investor know that?
Public pensions – an idea whose time has passed, self-directed peril, guess what’s happened because of fee disclosure and crazy mixed up investors.
Why do two popular 401k options encourage investors to invest for income when most fiduciaries know (or show know) of the dangers of doing so?
Bond investing is not for the faint-hearted. Because of the myriad ways one can use – and misuse – bonds, buying them represents one of the most important caveat emptor scenarios in the world of investing.
FiduciaryNews Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 1/30/15
Retirement policy Dark Horse, protesting the Fiduciary Rule too much and bond funds (and their ilk) have a license to kill retirement savings.