If you’re hoping for a comfortable retirement, you may want to check in on your 401(k) to make sure it’s not underperforming.

According to Fidelity's retirement guidelines, you should aim to have saved three times your annual salary by age 40, six ...

Today, the median 401 (k) balance for top-decile earners is about 10 times that of middle-income participants. Indeed, plan participation, balance amounts, and investment outcomes remain skewed toward ...

Baby boomers have the highest average 401 (k) balance of all four generations. That’s no surprise, as they’ve been working ...

As stock and bond markets have whipsawed this year, you may be afraid to look at your 401 (k) account balance. But all of the volatility actually makes this an opportune time to look under the hood of ...

Simple changes today can lead to a stress-free retirement later. Here's how to avoid the biggest savings slip-ups.

Fidelity recommends putting aside three times your annual income by age 40. Here's how to get the most out of your savings to ...

They are contributing to their 401(k)s much earlier than millennials did, reports show, and young women in particular are ...

While rolling a 401(k) account into an IRA is a logical decision, finance experts point out some of the drawbacks to making ...

While Vanguard's newly released "How America Saves" yearly report reveals that Americans' 401 (k) savings rates are at record ...

Take Fidelity Investments, which administers many of the nation’s 401 (k) holdings. A company statement explains that most plans—though not all—have the distribution rules outlined in documents such ...