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There are pitfalls to stepping out of a 401(k), mostly related to the lack of truly objective advice regarding other retirement investments.

Guest blogger Robert C. Lawton offers five reasons why rolling 401(k) assets into an IRA isn't in employees' best interests.

Finally, America the Ordinary – those folks more interested in “Duck Dynasty” than their health care benefits – has been absolutely bombarded with a non-stop barrage of mass media headlines actually focused on their health care insurance.

Recently John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard mutual fund group, said that future retirees face a looming disaster because Social Security is going broke, DB plans are underfunded and participants aren't contributing enough to their 401(k)s. Here's why he's wrong.

It seems like an ideal opportunity to consider what you as an employer or an HR professional can realistically do to help stem the next tragedy. As you know, there will probably be more.

There's a new industry in town: Investment newsletters that encourage frequent trading in 401(k) accounts. This is not a welcome development for plan sponsors. Here's why.

Recently T. Rowe Price banned some participants in the American Airlines 401(k) plan from trading in certain T. Rowe Price funds. This could happen to participants in your retirement plan, and here's why.

Guest blogger Linda K. Riddell warns employers not to be wowed by vendors' "whiz-bang" options and the quantity of their reporting.

The No. 1 HR concern with the Affordable Care Act is employee communication and questions, says a recent survey from Keas.

Guest blogger Robert C. Lawton offers advice for helping plan sponsors overcome employees' inertia, aversion to loss and myopia in their 401(k) plans.