401K News

Have you heard of the line, 'Get rich quick?' Acquiring wealth is often a slow process and sometimes is doesn't happen because we don't understand how money works.

With the passage, of the home buyer tax credit, many home owners, especially those who are underwater on their mortgage, are asking if they can short s their current home and qualify for the home owner tax credit if they purchase another house.

The clock is ticking for taxpayers to secure their end-of-the year tax breaks and many Americans who qualify for a tax shelter are not utilizing it.

The target date funds have investors pick the fund based on when they want to retire.

Regions Financial Corp. plans to reinstate its retirement benefits to employees across its 16-state footprint.

A* Special Writer Renee Fite will have a story on grant funding for lake improvements.

An audit blames a lack of oversight by the Town Council and the former town manager for spending that has put the town's financial standing at risk.

Do you love a gamer? I mean really, deeply, $2000 love them? If so, it might be worth dipping into the ol' 401k to fund this gift.

P2P Lending Firm, Lending Club, has recently announced an option to for investors making P2P loans to invest through an individual retirement arrangement , allowing tax-free investing in the fledgling peer-to-peer loan industry.

Jeff Nabers, CEO of the Nabers Group an unconventional financial planning firm located in Denver, CO, cautions those to carefully look at all their options when considering a Roth IRA conversion.

In the series "Ask It Early," "Early Show" money maven Ray Martin answered questions submitted by viewers, and he provides the answers in this column.

Howdydowdo, as I used to greet my broker. . As you may remember, your narrator posed a most unamusing riddle to you on Friday, November 06, 2009: a day that shall live, if not in Infamy, then its close-in suburb Infamy Heights.

Paul Baca State Farm offers Financial Planning. Call us about 401K, IRA's, Mutual Funds, and Annuities.

Bill Cichanski traded his full-time job as a structural engineer for time to play his 12-string guitar at his home in Tacoma, Wash.

Over the last year it's become abundantly clear that the stock market can devastate even seemingly healthy retirement accounts.

In the wake of the collapse of many a 401k and a Ponzi scheme or three, it's no surprise that a bill called the Investor Protection Act of 2009 has attracted significant support in Congress.

As was recently reported, Half of workers changing jobs cash out 401k when they terminate employment.

You could be in for a big surprise when you open your SDG&E bill. Instead of seeing your "amount due" go up, many people are seeing a serious price drop.

The time to prepare for retirement is not the year before or 5 years before retirement age.

I am calling my 401k managers tomorrow and tell them I want all funds that invest in Banks to move them somewhere else.