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What are you willing to give up now to save for retirement? Principal asked this question of its retirement plan participants who fall into the “super saver” category — those who saved 90% to 100% of the 402(g) IRS max contributions or had a deferral percentage of 15% or higher in 2018. Find out what … more »

Watching TV is a lot more fun than going through your bank statements. But only one of them is going to help you reach your financial goals and retire on time. And it isn’t watching “Keeping Up With The Kardashians.” We spend on average about 70 times as much time a month watching TV as … more »

General Electric is pulling the plug on its pension plan, and that’s a surefire way to derail workers’ retirement planning. GE GE, +0.72% announced earlier this month it was freezing pensions for 20,000 employees with salaried benefits in an attempt to reduce its $8 billion pension deficit, and that it would also freeze supplementary pension … more »