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| Editor’s Note |
| PLANSPONSOR is pleased to bring you a special edition of NewsDash, sponsored by BlackRock, focused on enhancing diversification. |
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| Return Opportunities |
| Fixed Income: How Active Do You Want to Go? |
| The Fed’s policy of normalization sounds reassuring. But, in practice, normalization may simply shift uncertainty from short-term rates to further along the yield curve. This uncertainty comes at a time when global competition for U.S. bonds, aging demographics and potential economic headwinds further complicate today’s fixed income market.Read more > |
| Should Retirement Investors Shun Equity? |
| A new analysis makes the surprising claim that most common stocks over the long-term fail to outperform one-month Treasury bills—but the real lesson is about diversification, not dumping stocks.Read more > |
| Fear of Stock Market Hurting Millennials’ Retirement Savings |
| Many Millennials may be missing out on stock market gains when saving for retirement, according to research from LendEDU. The research found 41% of Millennials are avoiding the stock market and are instead using savings accounts to save for retirement. More than half (58.60%) of Millennials said they would consider themselves to be “afraid of the stock market.” The company did an analysis comparing the expected performance of fully investing in a stock portfolio, fully investing in a traditional savings account and fully investing in cash.Read more > |
