401(k)

Your Survival Guy’s Take on IRS Potentially Changing RMD Rules

As you may know, Your Survival Guy has a history of spec ops and RMDs at Fidelity Investments. And this time of year was...

Congress Looking to Make Significant Changes to Your 401(k)

Members of both the Democratic and Republican parties in Washington, D.C. are looking at ways to change your 401(k) plan. Anne Tergesen and Richard...

Biden Rewards ESG Managers with New 401(k) Rule

The Biden administration plans to undo a Trump-era rule that prevented 401(k) managers from taking ESG factors into account when they picked investments. Instead,...

401(k) Collecting Dust? Let’s Clean It Up and Get It Moving

If you want to reach a certain “number” in savings when you retire, my best advice is to harness the tools available to you...

How to Avoid the Restrictions of a Target Date Fund

Your Survival Guy’s never been a big fan of target date funds, where you rely on fund managers to adjust your allocation like a...

Joe Biden is Weaponizing Your 401(k) Against You

Tired of mandates and government overreach? Want to get away? Well, here’s some news to ruin your 401(k). The Biden administration is pushing its...

Should You Be Forced To Save for Retirement?

You know Your Survival Guy is the first one to say that you should save until it hurts. You should save as much as...

ESG Funds: You Invest, They Win—Here’s Why

You work too hard to have your savings messed with. You have enough on your plate as it is. Between keeping track of the...

Biden Wants to Gut the Tax Benefit of 401K Plans

Joe Biden wants to gut the tax-benefit of 401K plans. Americans have $6.2 trillion in 401K plans with another $11 trillion in IRAs that...

Your 401(k) When You Retire

As you know the retirement investment landscape is ever-changing as discussed with the proposed Secure Act. Make sure you know the rules so you...