The safest investments for a 401(k) highlight the need for low-risk options that provide stability and protection of principal. In this context, several investment choices stand out. Bond funds, which ...

Although widely used for capital preservation, recent research indicated that stable value funds could also be a building ...

For investors in or approaching retirement, preserving capital becomes at least as important as growth. Putting money into low-risk vehicles is a way of protecting your future purchasing power. Stable ...

In a recent policy forum, industry experts offered their take on what’s hot regarding investments that will result in growth of retirement plan accounts so as to increase retirement income, as well as ...

Investors shifted their 401 (k) plan allocations away from stocks to bonds and cash in September, according to an analysis by ...

While stable value funds are popular with retirement plan sponsors, more education about them is needed, a study found. According to MetLife’s 2013 Stable Value Study, more than one in five plan ...

401(k) plans typically offer 10 or more investment options, including stock, bond and target-date mutual funds. Performance history (i.e., long-term investment returns) and management costs are key ...

Following a "wrongful use" of 401 (k) forfeited funds lawsuit filed in January, the banking giant is now being sued by employees over $2.4 million in plan assets that were invested in an in-house ...

you may wish to withdraw from a stable value, money market or bond fund. If the plan does not allow for this, you may be better off rolling over the funds to an IRA where you can select which ...