Tag: diversification
Are ESOPs actually a good idea? Warren Buffet is known to have said about diversification: “[it] makes very little sense for anyone that knows what they’re doing.” As someone with his retirement savings mainly in diversified index funds, that quote hurts. Then again, when it comes to my retirement savings, I don’t really have t…
Abstract This paper estimates the short-run impact of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA2006) on holdings of employer stock in defined contribution pension plans. PPA2006 allowed participants in plans with employer stock to diversify their holdings. However, stand-alone ESOPs, i.e., those that do not allow employee elective deferrals or after-tax contributions, were exempt from…
