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Investing Basics: Saving for Retirement on Your Own
A majority of workers aged 26 to 64 were active participants in a workplace retirement plan in 2017...
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Investing Basics: Understanding Fees and Expenses
In the ICI Education Foundation’s Investing Road Trip exhibit, a toll booth illustrates the fees and...
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Investing Basics: Compound Returns and the Power of Reinvestment
Start saving early. You’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times. There are a few reasons...
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Investing Basics: 529 Savings Plans
One thing you can expect when you’re expecting a baby is to pay a lot for diapers—you might pay...
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For Funds' Use of Derivatives, a Promising New Regulatory Framework
In a promising new proposal on the use of derivatives, the SEC has consolidated cumbersome...
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Investing Basics: Tax Benefits to Encourage Saving
To encourage people to save, federal and state governments offer special tax treatment for savings...
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Investing Basics: The Benefits of Mutual Funds
We’ve reached the halfway point in this series, and we’ve covered a lot of ground: the benefits of...
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ETFs Are Passing the COVID-19 Crisis Test
How have exchange-traded funds (ETFs) weathered the intensifying financial market fallout from the...