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Plan Sponsor Alert: Behavioral Finance Reframing Future of 401k

It’s clear behavioral finance and economics studies will continue to define the leading edge of 401k design and implementation.

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Should 401k Plan Sponsors Ban Risk Tolerance Questionnaires?

Exposed as misleading as early as 1999, should 401k plan sponsors continue to risk increasing their fiduciary liability by condoning their use?

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Is the Fiduciary Liability of Self-Directed Brokerage Options Too Great for 401k Plan Sponsors?

If you give 401k investors enough rope, are you responsible if they hang themselves?

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Anticipating the Bond Bubble Burst: Protecting Your 401k Plan

Bonds and bond funds alike suffer from rising interest rates, but bonds are protected in ways bond funds are not. Does the typical 401k investor know that?

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Why 401k Investors Chase Performance – and How to Prevent It

The sin of recency consumes far too many investors. How can they help themselves?

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Morningstar Star Ratings: Do They or Don’t They Predict?

If you thought Shrödinger’s cat had it tough, wait to read this.

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Have Mutual Fund Rating Agencies Lost Their Mojo?

For retirement and retail investors alike, has Morningstar and its kin passed their collective “use by” date?

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Why 401k Plan Sponsors (and Investors) are Going Back to the Future

Do the answers 401k investors seek lie in its past?

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