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Hearing Witnesses Offered Recommendations to Promote Retirement Savings
Recommendations included conducting a comprehensive review of the American retirement system, educating small employers about plan options, allowing for open...
Guardian Makes a Case for the Importance of Student Loan Benefits
Not only are three-fourths of Millennial college graduates carrying student loan debt, but a Guardian report notes that, “Baby Boomer...
Impatience, Financial Literacy Could Be Strong Reasons for Retirement Savings Inadequacy
“Both financial literacy and short-run impatience play important roles in determining retirement saving, even after controlling for education and income,”...
Health Care Costs Affecting Retirement Savings and Financial Wellness
Of the nearly half of survey respondents who report they have experienced health care cost increases in the past year,...
Employers Have Significant Control Over Savings Behaviors
Many contributing employees only save enough of their pay in defined contribution retirement plans to receive all available matching contributions—giving...
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Employees Struggle With Allocating Money to HSAs and Retirement Plans
Even financially adept employees have trouble deciding where to save and how to spend.
Four in Ten Millennials Waiting to Save for Retirement
Thirty-six percent of young adults who are both paying off debt and saving for retirement but who have made paying...
Legislator Introduces Portable Retirement Account
The account stays with an individual from job to job and in between.
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E*TRADE Launches Planning Center for Equity Compensation Plan Participants
According to E*TRADE, the tool aims to help participants understand how proper utilization of proceeds can meet financial goals, among...
Majority of Americans Do Not Feel They Have Recovered from Great Recession
Seventy-nine percent of Americans say they don’t fully understand what happened during or what caused the financial crisis.
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New ICI Website Takes on Myths About America’s Retirement System
FactsOnRetirement.org also offers tips on saving and highlights ICI research.
SURVEY SAYS: Paying Down Debt or Saving for Retirement?
There are arguments on both sides regarding whether paying down debt should be priority over saving for retirement or vice...
SURVEY SAYS: Annually Increasing Retirement Savings
We covered a survey which found 28% of Americans are saving more for retirement this year compared to last year.
Missing Retirement Plan Participants Fare Better Than Those Who Cash Out
Despite intense DOL activity surrounding missing retirement plan participants, at least those participants’ retirement savings are preserved, say executives at...
Gen X and Gen Y Making Sacrifices to Save More for Retirement
Many Gen Xers and Gen Yers deferred 90% or more of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) maximum allowance for contributions...
Americans Continue to Increase Retirement Savings
Those who did not increase their retirement savings cited stagnant income, other financial priorities, increased household expenses and an unexpected...
Why Is It Recommended to Save 15%?
Most retirement experts currently recommend saving 15% of annual income. “There is mathematical backing to what we suggest,” says Roger...
LendEDU Suggests Millennial Spending Habits Won’t Harm Their Retirement
While 27% of Millennial Americans allocate more cash towards coffee than retirement savings, most save an average of $480 per...
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Barry’s Pickings: Borrowing to Save
Michael Barry, president of October Three (O3) Plan Advisory Services LLC, provides the math for why it makes sense to...