Retirement Trends

Fully 46 percent of worker respondents to the Workplace Benefits Survey indicate they are extremely or very confident about their ability to get the treatments they need today.

A one-day drop in equities of around 1.5 percent is followed by about a 0.26 percent increase in hospital admissions on average over the next two days.

Conversions from regular IRAs to Roth retirement accounts increased more than nine times in 2010, rising to $64.8 billion from $6.8 billion in 2009.

A majority of retirement plan participants feel confident about their investment decisions but pessimistic about their retirement outlook.

By offering a number of risk-based options, employers are more likely to meet everyones retirement objectives.

The payments are due Oct. 15, the same deadline for paying variable rate premiums.