401(k)s and company stock

Munnell, Alicia Haydock, and Annika Sundén. “401(k)s and company stock”. Issue in Brief 9, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, July 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104521.
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Abstract

Over the past two decades, the private pension system in the United States has shifted from defined benefit to defined contribution plans, and the fastest growing defined contribution plans are 401(k)s. The defining characteristic of 401(k) plans is that employees, rather than employers, bear the investment risk. Currently, many employees hold a significant portion of their 401(k) funds in their companies' stock, which increases the risk of their plans...

Title
401(k)s and company stock: How can we encourage diversification?
Author
Munnell, Alicia Haydock
Sundén, Annika
School
Carroll School of Management
Discipline
Finance
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
report
Date Issued
July 2002
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
Issue in Brief
Series Number
9
Version Identification
Version of record.
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104521
Use Restrictions
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Subject
Financing retirement

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