For many years, U.S. workers have depended on 401(k) plans to save for retirement, with automatic payroll contributions and employer-selected investment choices helping them steadily build up assets.
Yet even though these plans make it relatively easy to accumulate retirement savings, they provide much less direction on how to convert those balances into income that can reliably support retirees over the long haul.
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