Investing/Money Management

An upcoming executive order may provide guidance for employers and plan administrators who want to include private-market investment options in 401(k) accounts.

by Allen Mendenhall

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A growing number of states are creating automatic retirement programs for employees of private employers. These programs, known as auto-IRAs, target employees without access to retirement programs through work, aiming to address what groups such as AARP characterize as a national retirement crisis.

On the age-old trade-off between risk and reward....

Women who invest began at age 31, on average, a survey found, but most respondents said they wish they had started earlier. Here's why.

The average 401(k) savings rate recently hit a record high. Here's how to know if you're on track.

US stocks have roared back to life since bottoming out on April 4, with the AI trade powering much of the gains....

It’s definitely not investors getting a jump start on “sell in May and go away.” Right?...

Can your 401(k) fund your retirement dreams? Compare your progress to the average American retirement savings by age.

Just how common is a 2.7% drop like yesterday?...

Gold prices reached $3,000 an ounce for the first time in history Friday, boosted by demand for safe-haven assets as investors fret about President Donald Trump’s tariffs and geopolitics.

On Friday, I had a 45 minute lesson at Eastside Prep. with my main learning objective to help the students understand their risk profile and how that impacts their approach to investing (for more on helping students understand risk, listen to my recent podcast with NY Times columnist Ron Lieber) We started with a PollEverywhere with the students creating a word cloud on what words came to mind when they think about risk: A class discussion ensued in which we discussed how we often associate negative terms (trouble, caution, fear, lost, losing money, loss) with risk. I transitioned the conversation to the importance of risk when it comes to investing and introduced the concept of return (or how much profit you earn from an investment). I asked the students to write down what they thought their risk profile was.

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52% of the S&P 500 has made gains in 2025. So far....

Do you ever second-guess yourself for not investing in a certain stock? It's time to find out what you could've made.

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In 2024, the S&P 500 surged 23%, setting a series of record highs. We show these returns in a historical context spanning 150 years.

The loss-making startup now has $10+ billion to play with...

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Gamblers Anonymous meetings are filling up with people hooked on trading and betting.

If the U.S. equity market becomes less concentrated – our bet for the next decade – skilled active managers are poised to have a decade for the books.

"The S&P 500’s total concentration, which we can measure using a Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (or HHI), is equivalent today to that of an equal-weighted, 59-stock portfolio. Ten years ago, the index was more than twice as diversified. We have never seen – over any 10-year period – a decline (or increase) in diversification of the magnitude

Nice analysis of Larry Fink's annual letter for terms related to sustainability and climate. The peak was in 2020. Source.