IMHO

I wouldn’t for a second suggest that the current financial/economic crisis that we are enmeshed in isn’t “real.

Thanksgiving has been called a “uniquely American″ holiday.

In another week (or so), PLANSPONSOR will publish its annual Defined Contribution Survey.

Regardless of age, regular exercise is important.

For all the talk of “hope″ and “change,″ this extended election cycle has offered little of either, IMHO.

They say that desperate times call for desperate measures.

My September 30 statement arrived on Friday. No, I didn’t look at it.

The recent market tumult has hit Main Street in its retirement pocketbook—and some are once again fretting about their “201(k)s.″

For most 401(k) plan participants, this has been a good quarter—to lose your statement.

One of my favorite quotations is George Santayana’s, “Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.″

It was an interesting week, to say the least—all the more so since I spent it surrounded by financial advisers.

According to a new survey, nearly one in 10 plan sponsors still believes that they pay no fees for their retirement plan.

Over the past several weeks, I’ve received a dozen different inquiries from providers and advisers, all wanting to know if we’re seeing any pickup in provider changes.

Memories of the 2008 Olympics are fading fast, but looking back I was most struck by the American team’s performance in the 400 freestyle relay.

Last week, the Department of Labor took another step toward finishing another piece of unfinished business.

I’m old enough to have been a driver (albeit a young one) the last time we had a “real″ gas crisis.

At the moment, the industry is scrambling to respond to the DoL’s call for comments on the proposed participant fee disclosure regulations by September 8.

Like most of you, I have found the soaring price of gasoline to be enormously frustrating.

Last week, the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) released its much-anticipated proposal regarding participant fee disclosures.

By some accounts, I just spent the past week in “retirement″.