About one quarter of the companies that cut contributions to their employees' 401(k) retirement-savings plans recently have restored the match or plan to do so over the next year, a study by Fidelity Investments has found.

Thirty percent of Americans with salaries of $100,000 or more said they are living paycheck to paycheck, up from 21 percent last year, according to a survey.

Some of the money that fled stocks for safe harbors like money-market funds and government bonds  is beginning to return. Even with trillions still sheltered on the sidelines, some $56 billion has poured into equity funds since April.