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What’s the 401(k) equivalent of the horrific pictures the FDA just came out with?

Sometimes the honey of humor gets more response than the vinegar of intellect.

Behavioral economics research discovers “common sense” 401k plan policies are more myth than reality. What can plan sponsors do to help improve their plans – at least from their employees’ perspective?

With no less than the Magna Carta setting precedent for prioritizing income, American fiduciaries for more than a century followed the principles set forth in an 1830 court ruling. A watershed 1969 report, later confirmed by research, forever changed the landscape and pointed the fiduciary away from income and towards...

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.

Why are 401(k) plan sponsors needlessly increasing their fiduciary liability? Here’s a simple fix that too many companies neglect to — or worse, improperly — address with their ERISA plans.

Are Republicans pulling a Boehner on the fiduciary issue? Or should we blame the SEC for this SNAFU from the political party voted most likely to be a CPA? Don’t they realize they’re asking for the moral equivalent of death panels?

With Democrats in Massachusetts pulling a Wisconsin on their public unions, headlines screaming widening funding gaps in pensions of all sort and even Washington politicians coming ever so closer to touching the dreaded third rail.