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Should 401(k)s require a test for savers to invest outside of target dates?

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Terms like 'mutual fund' and 'passive investing' are misunderstood, and those who can't define them are less likely to invest and save for retirement, according to a new report

Fewer than one in five Americans can pass a basic financial literacy test, and that figure correlates strongly with a lack of saving and investing, results of a recent survey show.

About 19% of nearly 6,000 people surveyed in August could correctly define at least five out of seven simple financi

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