401K

The Interview John Hauserman, Certified Financial Planner board ambassador

2012-05-06 00:00:00

Financial advisers often have an alphabet of professional designations behind their names, but the dominant one remains "CFP," or certified financial planner. The CFP Board, which sets the national standards for financial planners, has announced in the...

RG Steel cuts salaries

2012-05-03 15:10:00

RG Steel LLC is cutting the salaries of managers and executives, including those at Sparrows Point in Baltimore County, because of weak economic conditions. The company sent a letter to employees Monday that said it would temporarily slash the pay of...

Young investors show less interest in IRAs

2012-04-03 06:16:32

Give anyone age 40 and older a time machine and they would likely go back to their early 20s — to open an IRA. That's because by 40, many of us have learned the miracle of compound earnings over time. We kick ourselves for not socking away even...

Letter: Governments should get rid of costly pension plans

2012-03-20 09:08:21

Recent stories in the Howard County Times bemoaned the catastrophic financial situation that would result if the county must pick up teacher pension costs. As well, two letters to the editor did the same. Yet amidst all of this noise not one peep even...

Eight things you might not know about Social Security

2012-03-11 00:00:00

Most of us know some basics about Social Security. We understand retirees can start taking retirement benefits at age 62. We realize we'll get a bigger monthly check if we wait a few years more until our normal retirement age to tap benefits. And who...

How does your savings rate measure up for your age?

2011-12-18 00:00:00

How much in savings and investments should you have by age 35 or 45? Or, for that matter, at 65 when you're likely to be near retirement? If you don't know, you have plenty of company. So many figures are bounced about that it's often difficult for...

Retirees face the risk of outliving their money

2012-02-06 14:49:00

Until recently, retirement planning focused mostly on helping workers accumulate savings. Now, the Treasury Department is tackling another aspect: making sure retirees don't run out of money. The department last week proposed two regulations to make...

Make moves now to lower next year's tax bill

2011-11-20 00:00:00

Year-end tax planning these next several weeks will be refreshingly straightforward for a change. The past few years have been fraught with so much uncertainty about income tax rates, estate taxes and expiring deductions that planning wasn't easy. A year...

The occupation will be televised, at least on the Web

2011-11-24 00:00:00

The scene was more or less what I'd expected: lots of tents, lots of animated conversations among bohemian types who hadn't had enough sleep. But something was missing. "I didn't hear any drumming," I remarked as Robert Brune and I made the drive back...

Workers must start getting 401(k) fee disclosures late summer

2012-02-02 07:49:00

Amazingly, the government has had to require businesses that provide accounting, recordkeeping, legal and other services to 401(k) plans to tell employers just how much they are being paid�-- and if they have any conflicts of interest. Read my earlier...

Free enterprise on trial -- who bears the risks?

2012-01-25 00:00:00

As Newt Gingrich lashes out at "liberal elites," Mitt Romney is casting the 2012 campaign as "free enterprise on trial" -- and Mr. Romney defines free enterprise as achieving success through "risk-taking." U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donahue,...

Many workers are in the dark about 401(k) fees

2012-01-22 00:00:00

Survey after survey shows that many workers don't know how much they shell out in 401(k) fees — or that they even pay them. But can you blame employees? Fees aren't transparent, and account statements usually reflect the balance after the charges...

Amgen tops a list of Los Angeles-area companies with the best 401(k) plans

2012-03-23 10:03:00

Amgen tops a list of Los Angeles-area companies with the best 401(k) plans

2012-03-23 10:03:00

Turpan, a store in the Brentwood Country Mart, has a limited-edition ceramic black pig with cork snout and leather curly tail selling for $95. It comes with chalk so you can label it, as the shop did, "Makin' Bacon," or something more serious: 401K, perhaps?

2011-11-25 14:19:54