Before 2025 ends, check your 401(k) contributions, investments, and catch-up eligibility to lock in this year’s tax savings and employer match.

Retirement: aka your “golden years.” You’ve worked hard for many decades and finally saved up enough to call it quits at your 9-to-5 job. For many Americans, saving money with a 401(k) retirement plan ...

Divorce does not automatically change who will inherit your 401k. Make sure you know the rules and update your plans.

Your 401(k) doesn’t just disappear when you die. Here’s how it’s transferred, who gets it, the tax impact, and why beneficiary updates matter more than you think.

When you think about your 401(k), one of the first questions that comes to mind is: How much is it actually growing? On average, 401(k) returns typically fall between 5% and 8% annually, depending on ...

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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, on April 4, 2025. Markets extended a global selloff on April 4 as countries around the world reeled from President ...

Your target-date fund might have the wrong mix for you, and new alternatives could be risky As stock and bond markets have whipsawed this year, you may be afraid to look at your 401(k) account balance ...

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Robbins takes issue with the fact that the entire 401(k) industry is reluctant to be fully transparent about the effect high fees have on 401(k) plans, and not much is being done about it. As Robbins ...

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