Tag: retirement savings plan

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…

Virtually all high-income workers in this country are saving in some type of employer retirement plan. But only a minority in the lowest-income group are. A new study tackles this serious shortfall for disadvantaged workers in service, retail and other low-paying jobs. The crux of the problem, the researchers find, is that they lack easy…