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While we may have earned our 401(k) money, we've also wittingly put it away. As investors, we're not ignorant to the risks and restrictions of these types of plans.

Index investing, as evidenced through last year's flash crash and this year's market volatility, may have all the markings of a classic economic dilemma all 401(k) plan sponsors must be aware of before jumping into the wonder world of ETFs – the free rider problem.

Startling statistics from Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies' latest retirement survey shows many American workers haven't formulated a solid retirement plan besides to work longer—and then keep working.

Here are seven ways in which older Americans are trying to restore or address their retirement confidence.

Older Americans, employed and unemployed, may never recover financially from this latest recession, and more than half don't foresee themselves having enough money to live comfortably in their retirement.

While broker-dealer executives agreed during a panel discussion at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authoritys (FINRA) annual meeting in Washington on Monday that the time had come for a single fiduciary standard for brokers and advisors, they argued that the industry should work with regulators to ensure that a hasty decision...