Employee Benefit Research institute published new data on the health of personal retirement accounts

This week’s poll asked how you are dealing with investment decisions. Market volatility has not gone away. Many issues remain for investors to work their way back to financial health in their personal portfolios and their 401k accounts.

 

Employee Benefit Research institute published new data on the health of personal retirement accounts. The data reveals that most workers have a lot of catching up before they can consider any retirement, much less an “active” retirement.

 

The health of the stock market, the real estate market and the banking industry are all intertwined. We will discuss recently released information on what is expected within the next year for these markets.

 

For the very conservative among you who have increased their bank accounts to avoid the risk of the stock market, there are increasing concerns for the safety of many local banks. It is important to understand whether your accounts are properly registered to not exceed FDIC insurance obligations. You can check it out by using this link.