Tag: 401k investing
One of the most fortunate events of my life was my first job after college at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRR). Not because of the salary — I think I earned less than $40K. What was fortuitous were the early lessons I learned about building toward a secure retirement. Those lessons…
Abstract We examine the international equity allocations of over 3 million individuals in 296 401(k) plans over the 2006-2011 period. These allocations show enormous cross-individual variation, ranging between zero and over 75 percent, as well as an upward trend that is only partially accounted for by the slight decrease in importance of the U.S. market…
