How Obama wants to fix what's broken

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Retirement

The problem: Retirement savings crumbled

With a steep stock market decline, many baby boomers have found that their investments won't get them the retirement they thought they had coming.

Proposed Fix: The administration is recommending new investor protections, such as requiring brokers to put clients' welfare first. And it wants to beef up saving by creating new automatic accounts for workers without 401(k)s.

Money's grade: B

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Last updated July 14 2009: 5:54 PM ET

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