What They're Taking From You
Kathleen Day of The Washington Post explains how obscure 401(k) fees can add up to a shocking result for retirement plan participants.
"Evidence points overwhelmingly to the conclusion that active management of assets fails to produce satisfactory results for individual investors... Index funds provide a clearly superior alternative." -- David F. Swensen, Yale University, Chief Investment Officer
Kathleen Day of The Washington Post explains how obscure 401(k) fees can add up to a shocking result for retirement plan participants.
Lynn O'Shaughnessy provides an overview of the current wave of 401(k) litigation regarding high investment fees and "revenue sharing."
John Waggoner of USA Today explains how silly season has apparently hit the exploding ETF market - with some new, exotic ETF offerings tracking market sectors "thinner than Elmer Fudd's hair."
Scott Burns of the Dallas Morning News explains how do-it-yourself investors have more options to choose from beyond traditional index funds with the proliferation of new ETFs.