Viewpoints about Market volatility
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Six months of market volatility and COVID-19: reflections from August 2020
After six months of pandemic-related economic and market uncertainty—a look at what retirement plan participants have experienced and what actions they’ve taken.
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How COVID-19 has affected retirement plan sponsors and participants—our July update
The dichotomy of the stock market performance and unemployment in July set the stage for the uneven impact of the pandemic on both businesses and people, as we see in a July survey of our retirement plan sponsors and in our participant data.
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Retirement plans in June continued to reflect the ups and downs of the economy
Since the pandemic kicked off market volatility in February, the economy has been on a rollercoaster ride. We continue to watch the actions our retirement plan participants are taking to gauge the impact the changing economy is having on them, so we can try to help them with timely and targeted engagement.
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Actions taken by retirement plan participants reflect May’s mixed bag of news
In May, we saw that most participants are staying the course. But those who’ve been affected by the pandemic are finding some relief in the CARES Act.
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Unions and Taft-Hartley retirement plans show their value in tough times
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an era of constant change. Initial concern about market volatility in the early days of the pandemic in the United States gave way as concern about illness and job security took over. Since the CARES Act took effect, retirement plan participants have had access to some temporary financial relief. We took a look at our Taft-Hartley retirement plan participants to see what actions union members are taking amid the uncertainty.
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How 401(k) participants responded to the CARES Act and market volatility in April
COVID-19 has inflicted a good deal of financial damage, and many Americans are starting to look to their retirement plans for relief. Our data shows the actions they're taking and how those compare with the old normal.
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The market moved in March, but 401(k) participants didn’t
The stock market swung up and down wildly in February and March 2020. As financial professionals, you spend a lot of time teaching investors not to react emotionally when the market goes crazy. And it looks like people have been paying attention—for now.
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