A Glimpse into Popular Rules of Thumb for 401K Investing

Smeal's finance professor, Dr. Jim Miles, co-authored the text "Spin-offs and Equity Carve-outs" published by the Financial Executives Research Foundation. His research is in the areas of corporate finance, investments, and personal financial planning. He co-authored a popular an online course about personal financial planning and hopes to make the course available to alumni and other groups. His research on divestitures including spin-offs and equity carve-outs has been cited in the top finance journals and in virtually every major business publication including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune, Forbes, and Money Magazine. Jim's most recent research project measures the investment performance of entire families of mutual funds and links that performance to family characteristics including focus and level of expenses.

Join Smeal's Dr. Jim Miles as he shares best practices for building your 401K. Dr. Miles will share his years of experience in the financial area, discussing issues such as how much to save annually, how to invest that money, how much is needed at retirement, and reasonable withdrawal amounts in retirement will be examined. With people living longer and the rise of expenses, especially in healthcare, we all need to be sure our funds will last us into our golden years.