Tag: equity 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 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…
