Newsdash Insight on Plan Design & Investment Strategy from PLANSPONSOR
September 19th, 2018
Verizon Landline Spinoff Company Frontier Faces Stock Drop Litigation
The lawsuit seems keenly aware of the poor record other such complaints have had in federal court since the crucial Supreme Court ruling in Fifth-Third vs. Dudenhoeffer—focusing its arguments more on the imprudent concentration of employer stock as opposed to inflated valuations. Read more >
August Marks Second Consecutive Month With No Above-Normal Trading
August had no days of above-normal trading, the second consecutive month this has occurred since a year ago May and June, according to the Alight Solutions 401(k) Index. During the month, 15 out of 23 days favored fixed-income funds, representing 65% of the trades. By comparison, eight days favored equities, representing 35% of the trades. Read more >
PLANSPONSOR Defined Contribution Survey Open Through Sept. 28
Sponsors of defined contribution plans are invited to respond to the annual PLANSPONSOR DC Survey through September 28. The survey is among our largest and most important research project of the year, but we need your clients’ help for it to be a success. Read more >
‘Women’s Pension Protect Act’ Seeks DB-Like Protections for DC Plans
Democratic Senator Patty Murray says her bill would be a strong first step toward addressing some of the key hurdles facing women as they save for retirement in defined contribution plans; there are also proposed protections for part time workers and lower income individuals.  Read more >
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2018 HSA Conference
Building on the success of our half-day “HSA Essentials” event in June preceding the 2018 PLANSPONSOR National Conference, we are pleased to launch a one-day conference focused on offering insights to all of those working with HSAs or wondering how to offer them. Read more >
ICI: IRAs Are Successful Vehicles for American Savers
IRA investors who make contributions tend to maintain their contribution activity from year to year. More than 70% of traditional IRA investors who contributed in tax year 2015 also did so in 2016. The same can be said for 80% of Roth IRA investors. Read more >
Market Mirror
Tuesday, the Dow was up 184.84 points (0.71%) at 26,246.96, the NASDAQ was up 60.32 points (0.76%) at 7,956.11, and the S&P 500 was up 15.51 points (0.54%) at 2,904.31. The Russell 2000 closed 7.42 points (0.44%) higher at 1,710.97, and the Wilshire 5000 increased 157.67 points (0.52%) to 30,226.39. The price of the 10-year Treasury note was down 18/32, increasing its yield to 3.056%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond decreased 1 10/32, bringing its yield up to 3.201%.
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