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If you build it, they may not come

I think the one place where the retirement plan industry has failed is in communication to plan part...

Saying it ain’t broken, don’t fix it is a cop-out

I remember when I first saw the political sign as a freshman at Stony Brook over 25 years ago where ...

Plan Design is a big deal

Chess is not a game that I ever played a lot or was ever good at it, but it’s a fascinating game b...

Investment education is about a process

Advisors ask me all the time of the role of education in participant-directed 401(k) plans. Particip...

A majority of plan have automatic enrollment, but some work to do

  A majority of 401(k) plans supposedly have an automatic enrollment feature. This is what I re...

Just keep an open mind and listen

  In business and in life, I think one of the worst things you can do is to not listen. As you ...

What you can learn from the AAF

The Alliance of American Football (AAF) tries to be a spring football league that would act as a fee...

Great service doesn’t justify over inflated fees

I’m a loyal customer and always have been. I’ve always been reluctant to change especially when ...

Don’t shake it up so quickly

After Lorne Michaels left with the original cast of Saturday Night Live in 1980, they hired Jean Dou...

Watch about how much you spend on conferences

I was speaking to one the best 401(k) marketing gurus out there and when talking about my idea for a...