Roughly one in three Americans who leave a job are not just moving on from an employer, they are walking away from their ...

A large portion of employees withdraw their entire 401(k) balance when they leave a job rather than rolling it over to their ...

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More than $2 trillion sits in forgotten or left-behind 401(k) retirement savings accounts, with an average balance of $66,691, according to a new report. Those 31.9 million accounts represent nearly ...