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BlackRock looks to make monthly paychecks part of 401(k) employee retirement plans
May 1, 2024 | 2:26pmBlackRock 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
April 4, 2024 | 3:19amAmericans 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
February 3, 2024 | 2:08pm'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
January 12, 2024 | 7:12pmOtherwise, 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'
December 18, 2023 | 12:35pmThe 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
December 4, 2023 | 4:25pmAmerican 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
December 4, 2023 | 2:58pmThe 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'
November 20, 2023 | 1:58pmThe 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
March 21, 2023 | 6:28pmPresident 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
February 10, 2023 | 8:18pmPresident 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'
February 7, 2023 | 10:21amRepublican 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
December 6, 2022 | 5:24pmThe future earnings on your retirement nest egg are being sacrificed to advance a woke agenda.
Letters to the Editor — Oct. 18, 2022
October 17, 2022 | 6:17pmThe 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
October 16, 2022 | 10:29pmHave 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
June 22, 2022 | 6:19pm"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
June 13, 2022 | 7:05pmThe 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
June 9, 2022 | 8:54amTurmoil 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
April 26, 2022 | 1:53pmRetirement 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
September 24, 2021 | 6:57pmMost 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
January 1, 2021 | 5:12pmGood 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,...