You are older than 40, maybe 50 and you are planning to retire. Have you ever imagined how much your 401k will give you? For most Americans it is an important vehicle for accumulating assets for ret…

There have been some calls for overhauling public pension plans that involve replacing the current system with 401k-style plans. While a 401k can be a good vehicle to encourage savings, it does not se…

Concluding its study on the 401 k plans, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), suggests that companies managing these retirement plans must disclose more about fees paid to them for investm…

A new study about the 401k accounts and investments can help individuals revise their own investments for their future. The study which has been conducted by Nyhart, a leading consulting firm in the U…

People think that the main problem in heading towards retirement is money or rather, the lack of it. But what many don't realize is that the amount of money they have now is simply a small part of…

Based on recent date from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 20 percent of employees covered by a private-sector pension plan have been affected by a freeze. Employees of Kraft, HSBC, and Time Warn…

If you're thinking about retirement, there are still a lot of things you can do to secure your future. You can still save significant amounts of money you may need as you enter the last ten years …

Many people are now "a little" behind on their retirement savings. About half have very little or close to none left behind after paying for food, housing, and daily transportation. The same…