Bonds Preferred Over Stocks in Retirement Plans?

Today’s Federal Register is here. This article by Andrea Combes for CBSMarketwatch.com: “Mismanaged options: stock option plans confound many workers, experts say.” Today’s edition of the Wall Street Journal has this article–“A New Retirement Tactic for a New Tax Law: Changes Mean Investors Should Now Favor Bonds Over Stocks in 401(k) Plans“–by Jonathan Clements and Tom Herman. The article talks about how, under the new tax law signed by President Bush yesterday, bonds, real estate investment trusts, and short term stock holdings could be better investment choices for 401(k) plans than stocks.