Traditional pension plans outperformed 401(k) plans

Traditional pension plans outperformed 401(k) plans during last bear market, Watson Wyatt finds — Rates of return for professionally managed traditional pension plans outpaced those for employee-directed 401(k) plans in 2000 through 2002, the nation's most recent bear market. This reversed the trend of the prior three years -- 1997 to 1999 -- when 401(k) plans achieved higher returns than traditional pension plans, according to an analysis by Watson Wyatt. For more information, see ¶ (http://hr.cch.com/network&JA=LK&fNoSplash=Y&&LKQ=NON:+DUB01+P1984H&K T=L&fNoLFN=TRUE&)1985W (http://hr.cch.com/network&JA=LK&fNoSplash=Y&&LKQ=NON:+DUB01+P1985W&K T=L&fNoLFN=TRUE&).



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