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401(K )Savings

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Ted Benna, who created the 401(K) savings plan 20 years ago. Benna says the Internet makes it much easier for people to track their retirement savings accounts. But he advises people to ignore investment fads and day-to-day ups and downs in the market and to concentrate instead on long-term growth.

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