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Investment Risk and the 401k Fiduciary: An Overview of Components

To best understand what is wrong with the misuse of investment “risk tolerance,” we need to understand these components of risk.

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7 Deadly Sins Every ERISA Fiduciary Must Avoid: The 2nd Deadly Sin – The Joy of “Risk”

To really understand investment risk, we must first discover how risk management first evolved.

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Which Fiduciary “Cost” Matters Most: The Broker’s or the Retirement Investor’s?

Both sides of the fiduciary debate suggest their view reduces retirement investor costs. They can’t both be right. Luckily, the marketplace offers a real testing ground, leaving only one question: Who does the DOL protect – the industry or the investor?

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Fiduciary News Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 8/5/11

As economic news overshadows regulatory news, questions arise if the same political malaise eroding markets will soon also infect any possibility of moving forward with leveling the playing field on the regulatory front.

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Market Regulation: Boon or Bane to 401k Plan Sponsors & Investors?

What famous logical fallacy might explain how Washington dooms 401k fiduciaries and their investors?

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Fiduciary News Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 7/29/11

As the lobbyists get their Congressional minions to put the heat up on the DOL, a recent spat of investment articles accidentally show the need for a true fiduciary standard.

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Fiduciary News Trending Topics for ERISA Plan Sponsors: Week Ending 7/08/11

You’d never guess what editors come up with on a short holiday week.

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Momentum Builds to Place IRAs Under Fiduciary Umbrella

Having no idea what the fiduciary means, and worse, not caring, most IRA R/O investors are sheep heading for their (financial) slaughter. Not anymore, if the DOL’s Phyllis Borzi has her way.

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