Retirement savings and conflicted investment advice : cost and protection issues / Florence P. Marsh, editor. - New York : Nova Publishers, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - Retirement issues, plans and lifestyles .

Includes bibliographies and index.

RETIREMENT SAVINGS AND CONFLICTED INVESTMENT ADVICE: COST AND PROTECTION ISSUES; RETIREMENT SAVINGS AND CONFLICTED INVESTMENT ADVICE: COST AND PROTECTION ISSUES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: TRADITIONAL AND ROTH INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS (IRAS): A PRIMER; Chapter 2: THE EFFECTS OF CONFLICTED INVESTMENT ADVICE ON RETIREMENT SAVINGS; Chapter 3: 401(K) PLANS: IMPROVED REGULATION COULD BETTER PROTECT PARTICIPANTS FROM CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; INDEX

In response to concerns over the adequacy of retirement savings, Congress has created incentives to encourage individuals to save more for retirement through a variety of retirement plans. Some retirement plans are employer-sponsored, such as 401(k) plans, and others are established by individual employees, such as Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). This book describes the primary features of two common retirement savings accounts that are available to individuals. It also examines the evidence on the cost of conflicted investment advice and its effects on Americans' retirement savings; an.



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Individual retirement accounts--United States.
Retirement--Economic aspects--United States.
Retirement--Planning.--United States
Financial planners.
Retirement.


Electronic Books.

HG1660 / .R485 2015