The Fed and your 401(k)

The Federal Reserve is set to raise interest rates this week. Included in the most recently released minutes of meeting of this group was a new phrase to add to your investment management vocabulary. Quantitive Tightening. You do not have to understand the Fed balance...

Safety first in your 401(k)

I talk with several individual 401(k) participants each day. I have a growing concern that few are prepared for the potential risk of principal loss. The last 12 years has lulled many 401(k) investors into a false sense of continual optimism. Stocks and bonds have...