Assets in 401(k) plans reached a record $3.075 trillion in 2010, according to the latest Marketplace Update report from the Society of Professional Asset-Managers and Record Keepers (SPARK).
“Assets in 401(k) plans increased approximately 13% in 2010 due to favorable investment results and net cash flow higher than recent trend levels,” said Bob Wuelfing, President of RG Wuelfing & Associates, Inc., which prepared the report. “Strong performance across all equity sectors, especially the U.S. market over the second half of 2010, coupled with positive returns in the bond markets, helped push total retirement market assets to an estimated $16 trillion by year-end 2010,” he said.
Highlights of the report include:
- There were 536,000 401(k) plans, covering more than 74 million workers in the U.S. in 2010, compared with 510,500 plans and 73.4 million participants reported in 2009.
- 401(k) participants had nearly 70% of their account balances in stocks at the end of 2010, including the equity portion of balanced, life cycle, risk-based asset allocation and target date funds.
- Total assets in IRAs reached almost $4.5 trillion in 2010.
- Between 20,000 and 22,000 new 401(k) plans will be formed in 2011, primarily among small companies.
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Posted by: LouisTimothy | May 6, 2012 11:51 PM
As part of an assignment for research I have to find an article with relevant information on this topic and give the teacher our opinion and the article. Your article helped me a lot. Walsh Jose
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Posted by: keyra_hunt | March 20, 2012 4:37 PM
I am always pending the Marketplace Updates because I have my assets out the on the market insured as well. No one can guarantee you that you came down to the best transaction ever, but I at least want to make sure I chose the most convenient car insurance quotes for my budget, while there are so many other offers out there on the market that wouldn`t have filled in my needs in terms of coverage services and maybe in exchange of a higher budget also.
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Posted by: jack45 | March 20, 2012 4:07 PM
This is so amazing to see. I am glad to see this much money in the the 401k's. This is definitely showing that people are contributing to them. I see this so good for the future. Report this Comment
Posted by: markgoss | November 15, 2011 10:52 AM
I think that many people are dipping into their 401K's these days for living purposes. There is so much unemployment, that people are now living off of their retirement. I wish more companies provided pensions to their employees. I've seen many people have their 401K contribution taken directly out of online payroll so that they do not miss the income. It would be nice if more companies matched an employees 401K contribution.
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Posted by: Broker007 | July 9, 2011 5:44 PM
A 401K plan is not a pension. However, the American public has embraced this financial vehicle as such. Companies no longer fund pension plans at any notable percentage, if at all. Personally, I think this article represents very bad news.
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