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Understanding 401(k) plans

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Ramon P. DeGennaro
Deborah L. Murphy

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Questions about the future of the Social Security system continue to surface. As a result, interest in employer-sponsored retirement plans and other retirement investment options increases. But the restrictions and rules associated with various defined benefit plans such as 401(k), 403 (b), and 457 plans can be confusing, and these plans have risks of their own. The authors explore these plans and explain the need to view retirement savings as only one part of a portfolio.

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Paper provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in its series Working Paper with number 2004-21.

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  1. Gunthorpe, Deborah & Levy, Azriel, 1996. " Optimal Growth Portfolios Reconciling Theory and Practice," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 7(2), pages 177-86, September.
  2. Ramon P. DeGennaro, 2003. "Asset allocation and section 529 plans," Working Paper 2003-1, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. [Downloadable!]
  3. Ramon P. DeGennaro & James B. Thomson & Robert A. Eisenbeis & ary, 1993. "Capital forbearance and thrifts: an ex post examination of regulatory gambling," Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, issue May, pages 406-420, .
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