Retirement Trends

Roughly one-third of American households 38 million are living without a financial cushion, and many of them are considered wealthy.

All sorts of changes are in the works including the evolving nature of fiduciary responsibility, the impact of Obamacare on retirement and the likelihood of upcoming DOL regulations.

An aide to Republican Sen. Orin Hatch postulates that such a plan would include mandatory retirement savings with an auto-elect feature.

All contributions to 401(k)s from employees are fully tax deductible, but under the Obama budget, the deduction would be capped at 28 percent for high-income earners.

A study found that defaulted participants tend to earn less in salary across their careers and make fewer active contribution changes.

Fidelity Investments has won 18 2014 U.S. Lipper Fund Awards honoring individual mutual funds that have outperformed peers based on risk-adjusted, consistent return.