Here's a great article from Sunday’s New York Times about one of the key points we talked about in your plan's educational seminar. Why does the average fund investor underperform market indexes so badly? What can you do to close the performance gap?

Life and work are so busy these days, it’s no wonder that investment planning often falls to the bottom of the list. Your plan’s Target Allocation Portfolios offer a single-choice approach to retirement investing and an easy way to achieve immediate diversification based on your risk profile...

An employer-sponsored retirement plan such as a 401(k) can be a valuable tool in accumulating savings for the long-term. Plans differ from employer to employer, but each company that offers a 401(k) plan provides an opportunity for employees to contribute money through paycheck deferrals as a percentage of wages. 

Albert Einstein called compound interest the most powerful force in the universe.

Warren Buffett cites Brutus in his 50th annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter about how so many investors shoot themselves in the foot...

If market volatility has you second guessing your investment strategy or whether you should stay in the market, here are some tips on steps you should — and shouldn't — take...

How long is long term? 

But how does one go about diversifying a portfolio?

401(k) Sponsors and participants share some common concerns: market risk, not saving enough for retirement and the impact fees may have on hard-earned savings. This brochure explains how index investing can help.

Many individual investors sell when the market declines out of fear it will never come back. The data actually says the opposite...

 Key Takeaway: You should never try to emulate Wall Street investors who have a history of repeating these bad mistakes:

The markets have been on a tear following the recovery from the financial crisis—with some pundits saying a market correction is due. Here’s how to prepare yourself.

Did you know that looking at a picture of yourself ten to twenty years down the road might help you to be a better saver?

Traditionally, we've focused on your physical and financial assets.  However, these aren’t the only assets that need attention – you should also think about protecting your digital assets.  

 The personal rate of return, which each participant can view by logging in to their account on the plan website, offers the best information because it takes into account your individual deposits and withdrawals which means your performance will differ a bit from your fellow employee’s. 

 Derek Jeter, the iconic star of the New York Yankees, retired this season after 20 years in the major leagues. Many attributes displayed by Jeter during his baseball career translate to the invest- ment arena.

The National Bureau of Economic Research recently sent actors to visit Boston-area financial advisers to seek advice on how to invest their retirement savings. Here's what they found.

JP Morgan once was asked his opinion on stock prices, and he famously replied, “They will fluctuate.” But US stocks haven't experienced even a 10% correction in 3 years. That’s unusual but not unheard of.

 After a frosty January, the S&P 500 and the eponymous Van- guard 500 Index Fund warmed up to finish the first quarter with a middling gain of 1.8%.