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How Do You Know Which Financial Adviser to Trust?
The Labor Department is looking to raise standards among financial advisers, but opposition from industry groups, lawmakers and even some consumer advocates threatens to sink the proposal.
May 9, 2013
How Retirement Fees Cost You
Most Americans are unaware of the fees they are paying for their 401(k)'s, but over a lifetime, such charges can cost an ordinary American more than $109,000. Here's how.
April 29, 2013
Are You Losing the Retirement Gamble? Live Chat
Join a live chat about “The Retirement Gamble” on 4/24 at 2 p.m. ET with producer Marcela Gaviria, correspondent, Martin Smith, 401(k) expert, Robert Hiltonsmith and Money magazine editor-at-large, Penelope Wang.
April 23, 2013
What to Ask About Your Retirement
We asked three experts what the important questions are.
April 23, 2013
Five Moments that Shaped the 401(k)
In the 1980s, the 401(k) began its climb from an obscure section of the IRS tax code to what is now the predominant workplace retirement option. How did it happen?
April 23, 2013
Index Funds: The Key to Saving for Retirement?
Index funds have gone from a once ridiculed answer to retirement planning to one of the fastest growing corners of the market. They promise consistency, but what are the downsides?
April 23, 2013
John Bogle: The "Train Wreck" Awaiting American Retirement
A toxic mix of too much choice, backwards incentives, and a misplaced faith in the market's past performance has positioned America's retirement system for an uncertain future, says the founder of The Vanguard Group.
April 23, 2013
Helaine Olen: Why Your 401(k) Retirement Plan is Failing You
Most financial planners would say you need about $1 million to ensure a decent retirement, but "absolutely almost no one is there right now," says journalist Helaine Olen.
April 23, 2013
Michael Falcon: Retirement Crisis? Not Exactly.
While the nation’s retirement system may have its flaws, it is far from in crisis, according to the head of retirement at JPMorgan Asset Management.
April 23, 2013
Teresa Ghilarducci: Why the 401(k) is a "Failed Experiment"
The 401(k) was never designed with the middle class in mind, and may now be leaving a generation of Baby Boomers without enough to avoid poverty, says the New School economist.
April 23, 2013
"The Retirement Gamble" Facing Us All
Retirement is big business in America, but is the system costing workers and retirees more than what they're getting in return, asks FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith.
April 23, 2013
SEC Nominee Signals Cautious Approach to Prosecuting Banks
Prosecutors should consider the "collateral consequences" of bringing criminal indictments against financial institutions, SEC nominee Mary Jo White told lawmakers at her confirmation hearing.
March 13, 2013