"A lot of times people are looking headlines about the stock market crashing—that’s really meant for shock value. They’re trying to get people to click on the links and they want eyeballs on the screen. That’s not intended to be advice that anybody should be acting on in their retirement accounts."

Jim Keenehan, a senior consultant with AFS 401(k) Retirement Services, commenting to the website “lifehacker” for its recent report, “Stop Checking Your 401k So Much”