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Retirement Advice for Our Men and Women in Uniform
This year may be a momentous year, financially, for many Americans with possible changes to the tax code, health care, and the financial services industry some of 2017’s many wild cards. For members of our Armed Forces, 2017 brings an additional financial question and...
Retirement Superheros,Your Services are Needed!
Last month, the Employee Benefit Research Institute released the 2017 Retirement Confidence Survey. In its 27th year, the survey reveals interesting information about how American workers think about and plan for retirement. While much of the report is unsurprising...
Slow Death of DOL Rule? TRAK Still Helps Advisors Build Trust
Yesterday, the Department of Labor announced a 60-day delay for the implementation of the fiduciary rule. This decision moves the implementation date from April 10 to June 9. While this is only a delay and not a repeal of the rule, the delay was the give the DOL time...
Using Content Marketing as a Financial Advisor
Many advisors do not realize that their expertise can be an effective marketing tool for further engaging with clients and generating leads for new business. Content marketing strategies can be an effective way to grow your business through education. What is content...
Pension Reform: Employees Are Seeing Changes
The effects of the 2008 financial crisis on the average American’s savings—and the emotional impact of those effects—have contributed to the push for financial reform. The effects of the crisis on retirement savings for those in defined contribution plans have been...
U.S. Census Research Reveals Horrible 401(k) Statistics
There have been a number of surveys and reports lamenting the atrocious state of retirement readiness of the average American worker. Unfortunately, the situation is much worse than we all thought. As reported by Bloomberg, recent research by the U.S. Census Bureau...
What Young Americans Wish They’d Learned in School
American financial literacy is worse than I anticipated. A recent survey conducted by FINRA asked survey participants five questions related to everyday financial and economic topics. The survey found that 63% of respondents answered three or fewer questions...
Five Ways to Boost Participant Engagement
Much of the conversation about 401(k) participation and whether participants are adequately saving for retirement centers on the plan sponsor. Plan design and administration play a big part in plan success. However, there is still much that an individual plan advisor...
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