Retirement

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  I failed my 401(k)

  By Denis Storey  |  May 21, 2013

  I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my 401(k). Or, let’s be honest, the lack of it.

• 2013 deficit estimate lowered to $642 billion

  By Andrew Taylor  |  May 15, 2013

  The budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago.

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  Expanding plan coverage to part-time workers

  By Jonathan Anderson  |  May 10, 2013

  The ability to participate in a 401(k) plan should be extended to part-time employees, so that more U.S. workers can be better financially prepared at retirement.

• Baby boomers best ‘in history’ at retirement saving: Michael Finke

  By John Sullivan  |  May 9, 2013

  We’re in a retirement crisis, but it’s a “bit overblown,” Finke says.

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  Study: Immigration bill would help Social Security

  By Erica Werner  |  May 8, 2013

  A bipartisan immigration bill pending in the Senate would strengthen the Social Security trust fund by adding millions of workers to tax rolls, and provide a boost to the overall economy, according to an analysis Wednesday by the Social Security Administration.

• Pension liabilities outpaced growth in April

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  May 8, 2013

  Falling interest rates caused pension liabilities to outpace growth in April.

• Retirement research roundup: Savings, not income, biggest driver of retirement success

  By Danielle Andrus  |  April 29, 2013

  Americans are on track to replace about 61 percent of their income in retirement, the Putnam Lifetime Income Score found.

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  Retirement plan consultants offer tips for providers

  By Danielle Andrus  |  April 29, 2013

  A survey of retirement plan consultants by Oculus Partners identified some changes service providers need to make to their businesses in order to grow.

• Banks slashing jobs

  By Christina Rexrode  |  April 25, 2013

  Banks aren't the big jobs machines they used to be.

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  SEC fiduciary questionnaire is fatally flawed

  By Chris Carosa  |  April 25, 2013

  If industry lobbyists fighting the fiduciary standard had written this SEC release, it wouldn’t have looked much different.