All in all, the major asset classes identified have experienced negative returns in about 25 percent to 40 percent of the 120 calendar quarters covering the last 30 years. The more asset classes included in a portfolio, the lower the risk.

The Department of Labors re-proposal of rules that would define who is a fiduciary could end up costing $20 billion to $32 billion in retirement savings.

A poll finds that 37 percent of respondents were embarrassed to admit they had credit card debt and 30 percent were embarrassed to share their credit score.

Cutbacks to existing plans are increasing workers concerns about retirement security.

Sixty-seven percent of TDF investors said they are comfortable deciding how much to invest in their DC plan, compared to 52 percent of non-TDF investors.

A court would not permit enforcement of a plan document that included whistleblower activity in the list of bad boy conduct.

There is a movement afoot by retirees to skip retirement in the traditional sense by selling their homes and worldly possessions to go out and see the world.

Now, companies looking for lost retirement plan participants will have to do the research on their own.