April 1, 2005
Articles
Editor's LETTER
Apr 1, 2005 12:00 PM, Geoffrey C. Lewis Editorial Director
Wherever you stand on President Bush's proposal to revamp Social Security, you might thank him for handing you a bit of a selling opportunity. No matter...
HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SOMETHING TO BANK ON?
Apr 1, 2005 12:00 PM, Will Leitch
Here's some hot news: According to a recent Wells Fargo/Gallup survey, 75 percent of small-business owners are with the U.S. health care system. Another...
SIT UP, BARK, ROLL OVER
Apr 1, 2005 12:00 PM, Will Leitch
Just what the small-business owner needed a new regulation that requires more work. In March, the Department of Labor handed down new regulations covering...
WHO'S TOP OF THE 401(K) HEAP?
Apr 1, 2005 12:00 PM
Finding a good plan administrator for a small-business 401(k) program is a process fraught with peril. Putting clients in a plan with limited portfolio...
A CONCERNED LOT
Apr 1, 2005 12:00 PM, Will Leitch
A new trend in 401(k)s: Small businesses trying to figure out just where all their service provider fees are going and whether the fees are too much....
Sudden Wealth Syndrome
Apr 1, 2005 12:00 PM, By Anne Field
It might be true that a person can never be too rich, but, as David Carmichael can attest, a person can get too rich too quickly. Four years ago, Carmichael,...
The 401(k) Gameplan
Apr 1, 2005 12:00 PM, By Jim Ambrosio
Businesses large and small have found 401(k) retirement plans to be an important benefit to attract and retain a superior workforce. But small-business...
Helping the Self-Reliant
Apr 1, 2005 12:00 PM, By Anne Field
Small-business owners are typically a self-reliant lot, and this fact cuts two ways for financial advisors who would serve them. On the positive side,...
