retirement fund

Frequent trading by fund managers can inflate costs that aren't reflected in the numbers most investors watch. That's money from your retirement kitty.

Congress has given corporations and retirees a break by letting businesses delay payments to pension plans and relaxing rules on mandatory withdrawals from IRAs and 401k's for people over 70.

Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

Examining the rationales for supporting or damning the practice of borrowing against a retirement fund can be a useful exercise.