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BlackRock looks to make monthly paychecks part of 401(k) employee retirement plans

BlackRock is reportedly looking to shakeup employers' default retirement strategies by turning a portion of retirement savings into fixed lifetime payments through target-date funds embedded with annuities. 

Americans believe they need this much to retire, but actually have far less stashed away: study

Americans certainly have a good idea of how much they'll need to retire one day -- they just don't have the same savings in the bank yet.

The number one thing you need to do if you want to retire comfortably: experts

'It's so important to make sure you have a plan,' Jade Warshaw told 'The Big Money Show'

Despite predictions, Baby Boomers have it made — unlike taxpayers

Otherwise, the bleak future for many Boomers, one headline predicted, would be “Work, Work, Work and Die.”

Gen X has the largest wealth gap of any generation: 'Retirement is going to be a nightmare'

The more than 65 million Americans in Generation X -- ages 43 to 58 -- have the largest wealth gap of any generation, according to new research. According to asset...

These are the Americans that got a lot richer during the pandemic: report

American households' increases in wealth differed based on their racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds, according to a new report.

Bidenomics has taken a big bite out of your retirement

The modern-day Scrooge of Bidenomics has reduced the real value of the average 401(k) by a quarter in the last two and a half years.

401(k) balances shrank in latest quarter as more Americans took 'hardship withdrawals'

The average American's 401(k) balance plunged 4% in the latest fiscal quarter, attributed to an uptick in "hardship withdrawals," according to a new study by Fidelity.

Don't buy Team Biden's Orwellian 401(k) gaslighting

President Biden's veto of a Senate bill stopping fund managers from risking your hard-earned money will hurt all Americans.

Don't let Biden & Co. force YOUR nest egg to be invested in woke-only companies

President Joe Biden is coming for your nest egg. For real: A new Biden Labor Department rule aims to steer the retirement funds of 152 million Americans toward companies with...

GOP, Manchin aim to block Biden-backed investing rule over 'political agenda'

Republican lawmakers argue the ESG push is driven by left-wing ideology and could hurt American retirees.

Team Biden's 401(k) heist could raid your retirement for a woke agenda

The future earnings on your retirement nest egg are being sacrificed to advance a woke agenda.

Letters to the Editor — Oct. 18, 2022

The Issue: Homeless camps that have exploded in DC and other Democratic cities over the past two years. Regretfully, our capital’s descent into an ever-expanding encampment for the homeless and...

The average American is losing $34K — and everything else — on Biden’s watch

Have you taken a peek at the balance in your 401(k) retirement accounts lately? Here’s our advice: Don’t bother. It will ruin your whole day, week and month.

Economic 'doom and gloom' leading to retirement rethink

"We had plans. All of a sudden, they're not working out," one retiree told The Post.

Your 401(k) is in the Fed's hands this week

The net result of the Federal Reserve's monetary-policy largesse has been both sky-high inflation and asset-price and credit-market bubbles.

401(k)s drop amid market turmoil, but rate of savings increases

Turmoil in the stock market and runaway inflation has caused alarm among retirees as those living on savings see their retirement funds dwindle. The average 401(k) plunged nearly $10,000 in...

Fidelity offering bitcoin investing option in 401(k) accounts

Retirement giant Fidelity said it’s launched a way for workers to put some of their 401(k) savings and contributions directly in bitcoin, potentially up to 20%, all from the account’s...

Don't let lawyers and their faculty-lounge allies limit investment choices for the little guy

Most Americans probably have never heard of SPACs (special-purpose-acquisition companies), an increasingly common vehicle for turning a privately held company into one whose shares are traded publicly. But two academics,...

Painful as it was, patience paid off for investors

Good things came to fund investors who waited in 2020. But, what a terrifying wait it was. Mutual funds and exchange traded funds of all stripes delivered strong annual returns,...