Tag: auto-IRAs

Retirement savings screens on different devices

Looks like fintech is working its magic. Based on an inquiry from a reporter, my colleagues JP Aubry, Yimeng Yin, and Angie Chen have been fooling around with data on holdings of Roth IRAs from the Federal Reserve’s 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances. Since assets in IRAs account for more than half of all assets…

Miniature people_Elderly people sitting on different sized coins stacks

Social Security alone is simply not enough, new Vanguard study confirms. People often assume that the retirement needs of low-wage workers are covered by Social Security’s progressive benefit formula.  That assessment has never been correct. Social Security was never intended to be the sole source of income for any group of retirees.  Social Security replacement…