Moving the Market -- Tracking the Numbers / Outside Audit: Pensions Likely to Stay Dying Breed; Law Fails to Offset Reasons For Employers to Freeze, End Defined-Benefit Programs Steven D. Jones. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Aug 29, 2006. p. C.3

Workers' Views On Retirement May Be Too Rosy Kelly Greene. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Apr 4, 2006. p. D.2

Recent Changes in U.S. Family Finances: Evidence from the 2001 and 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances (444 KB PDF)Reviews changes in the income and wealth of U.S. families between 2001 and 2004. The discussion draws on data from the Federal Reserve Board's triennial Survey of Consumer Finances for those years and also uses evidence from earlier years of the survey to place the 2001-04 changes in a broader context.

March 2006 #291 - "Defined Benefit Plan Freezes: Who's Affected, How Much, and Replacing Lost Accurals"

September 2005 #285 - "401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2004"

July 2005 #283 - "The Influence of Automatic Enrollment, Catch-Up, and IRA Contributions on 401(k) Accumulations at Retirement"

Do the Math For Lost Pensions (The Washington Post)By Albert B. Crenshaw, Page F08, March 12, 2006As company after company across the country freezes or terminates traditional pensions, typically at the same time shifting to new or sweetened......

Personal Business: Don't Go Overboard on Company Stock Kelly K. Spors. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Apr 3, 2005. p. 3

Average 401(k) Account Gets Bigger; Hefty Stock-Market Gains, Continued Contributions Result in Larger Balances Tara Siegel Bernard. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Aug 10, 2004. p. D.7

New York Times, All the Nest Eggs in One Company Basket; Corning Shows Risk of Betting Fortune on Employer

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/nyregion/all-nest-eggs-one-company-basket-corning-shows-risk-betting-fortune-employer.html?pagewanted=1

Witness List and Prepared Testimony at Jan. 27 Hearing on Crisis in American Retirement Planning

(U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging)

Women More Likely To Lack Retirement Resources

CBS Marketwatch

Witnesses' Prepared Statements for Hearing on 'Examining the Health and Future of the DB Plan'

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations

Despite Sinking Investment Returns, Retirees Doing Better Than Expected

Knight Ridder Newspapers

Bailing Out of the Retirement Plan --- Employee Participation In 401(k)s Hits Lowest Level In More Than a Decade By Ruth Simon. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Mar 11, 2003. p. D.1

ENRON, GLOBAL CROSSING, AND BEYOND: IMPLICATIONS FOR WORKERS.; St. John's Law Review, Fall2002, Vol. 76 Issue 4, p815, 20p

WORKER OWNERSHIP THROUGH 401(K) RETIREMENT PLANS: ENRON'S CAUTIONARY TALE.; St. John's Law Review, Fall2002, Vol. 76 Issue 4, p835, 19p

THREE AND POSSIBLY FOUR LESSONS ABOUT ERISA THAT WE SHOULD, BUT PROBABLY WILL NOT, LEARN FROM ENRON.; St. John's Law Review, Fall2002, Vol. 76 Issue 4, p855, 20p

BW Online | February 18, 2003 | Bush's Retirement Rx Is Bad Medicine

Bush's Retirement Rx Is Bad Medicine

BusinessWeek

Wall Street Journal Interviews Experts on Solutions to the 'Nest-Egg Blues'

Wall Street Journal

The Nest-Egg Blues: Got the jitters about your retirement savings? These experts discuss how to regain your financial balance By Ellen Graham. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Jun 24, 2002. p. R.10