401(k)

14.8 million participants switch employers every year — and 33% of workers have stranded a 401(k) savings account in a former employer’s plan at least once.

Employees often ignore their 401(k)s when they change jobs, leaving valuable assets behind.

Using RMDs to pay the taxes due on a rollover can ease the psychological pain of forking over money to the IRS.

This company released a corporate report card so employees know what their retirement investments are going toward — and whether or not it lines up with their own values.

A new TIGTA report warns, however, that many didn’t follow the rules and could face potential tax penalties.

Bankrate looks at data sets that would apply to retiree life, including cost of living index, property and sales tax rates, and the Gallup-ShareCare Wellbeing Index.

Blindly following the decades-old industry guideline is dangerous; tapping into 401(k)s if needed while delaying Social Security is smart.

The vision is to democratize “high-quality, personalized advice at scale, just as the independent advisor has disrupted wealth management,” the companies said in a statement.

About 76% of the average account was in stocks across the 4.7 million participants in plans that Vanguard keeps records for.

With the burden on participants to figure it all out, it's no surprise that more often than not, they just give up, Alexis Leondis writes.