The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the primary retirement law in the United States, requires that pension plan participants receive "sufficient information to make informed decisions" to help them properly manage their pension accounts. This simply is not happening, leaving plan participants exposed to unnecessary investment risk. "The 401(k)/403(b) Investment Manual" provides both plan participants and plan sponsors with important information needed by plan participants and plan sponsors to evaluate investment options and to properly protect their financial security. The "Manual" also explains how to calculate the cost effectiveness of a plan's investment options through the use of the Active Management Value Ratio.