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2/24/2015 - Supreme Court poised to protect employees from high fees in 401(k) plans (LA Times)

by on February 26, 2015 4:44 pm
Supreme Court justices were urged Tuesday to put employers on notice that they have a duty to constantly monitor the mutual funds they offer and to drop those that charge excessive fees. If not, firms could be sued and forced to pay damages to employees and retirees. Read the full article at the Los Angeles… Read more 2/24/2015 - Supreme Court poised to protect employees from high fees in 401(k) plans (LA Times)
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2/24/2015 - Mice Brain May Give Insight Into Diseases of Human Mind

by on February 24, 2015 11:34 pm
When injected with bits of human DNA, mice embryos grew brains that were 12 percent larger than those of embryos injected with the same genes from chimpanzees. Read more at The New York Times.
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2/23/2015 - How these key ages affect workplace retirement plans

by on February 23, 2015 5:52 pm
The rules surrounding qualified retirement plans make 50, 55 and 59 ½ ages at which special considerations come into play. Employees wanting to take advantage of net unrealized appreciation aren’t immune to these details. Read the full article at MarketWatch.
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2/23/2015 - 1 in 3 Americans on verge of financial ruin (MarketWatch)

by on February 23, 2015 5:14 pm
According to a survey released Monday by Bankrate.com of more than 1,000 adults, 37% of Americans have credit card debt that equals or exceeds their emergency savings. “These numbers mean that three out of every eight Americans are teetering on the edge of financial disaster” — thanks to the fact that many of these folks might be… Read more 2/23/2015 - 1 in 3 Americans on verge of financial ruin (MarketWatch)
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2/23/2015 - White House Moves to Protect Investors from Bad Retirement Advice (NPR)

by on February 23, 2015 5:10 pm
The White House says President Obama on Monday will direct the Department of Labor to craft new rules to require financial advisers to put their clients’ interests ahead of their own. Read the full article at NPR.
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2/20/2015 - Financial Advice by Demographics (The New York Times)

by on February 23, 2015 5:05 pm
When a woman calls Fidelity about her investments there, her questions are likely to be handled a bit differently from those asked by a man. Customer service representatives are more likely to chitchat to establish rapport. And they may frame the conversation around her longer-term goals or the important people in her life — perhaps… Read more 2/20/2015 - Financial Advice by Demographics (The New York Times)
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2/20/2015 - Are Women at Greater Risk for Alzheimer’s?

by on February 20, 2015 10:39 pm
Of the 5.2 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, nearly two-thirds are women. When it comes to adults over the age of 65, one in six women are likely to develop Alzheimer’s in contrast to one in 11 men. Why do females seem more susceptible to this disease? Read/hear the interview with Professor of Neurology and… Read more 2/20/2015 - Are Women at Greater Risk for Alzheimer’s?
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2/20/2015 - Middle-age blacks have less in their 401(k)s than young whites

by on February 20, 2015 4:35 pm
Our current retirement system heavily relies on tax-advantaged savings accounts such as 401(k)s. This system works reasonably well in the world of upper-middle-class and affluent people. Unfortunately, that same 401(k) system functions quite poorly for most people outside that top economic layer. African-American and Hispanic workers are particularly unlikely to derive financial advantage from these… Read more 2/20/2015 - Middle-age blacks have less in their 401(k)s than young whites
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2/19/2015 - Boomer entrepreneur trend could be slowing with age (Reuters)

by on February 19, 2015 11:14 pm
Among the population aged 55-64, some 0.31 percent started a business last year, according to the latest Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity. That is higher than the 0.28 percent startup rate for the total population, and just a little less than the rate among people aged 45-55, which was 0.36 percent. The rates for baby… Read more 2/19/2015 - Boomer entrepreneur trend could be slowing with age (Reuters)
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2/18/2015 - Has the trend toward later retirements played out? (MarketWatch)

by on February 19, 2015 11:03 pm
Since working longer is the key to a secure retirement for the vast majority of older Americans, it is useful to take a look at recent labor force trends. From the beginning of the 20th century, labor force participation of older men had declined steadily until the mid-1980s, when it gradually began to increase. As… Read more 2/18/2015 - Has the trend toward later retirements played out? (MarketWatch)