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Posted in 401(k) on Jan 4th, 2008
Here is a great article going over the way so many 401(k) providers make shady a profit off their customers without them even knowing it.
I’ve experienced this personally when I questioned the people in charge of our plan why they did things the way they did. The result? I got yelled at.
Recently I wrote about how I lowered my 401(k) contribution from 6% to 4% because the expense ratios were high and the choices I had weren’t very good.
The pivotal moment came when we had our annual meeting with Principal, our 401(k) provider. I had the menu of choices in front of me and I wanted […]
Here is a good article discussing and debating the advantages and differences of a 401(k) retirement account and a Roth IRA.
I have both of these accounts but I am more into my Roth since I run it myself through Scottrade and it marked one of the first “big” things I did after becoming a financially-aware […]
Money managers and big companies are trying to swindle people into another huge mistake. Check out this article from Marketwatch on exchange traded funds.
For those of you that aren’t familiar with them, these are basically mutual funds that you “buy” like stocks. Their value goes up and down throughout the day like a stock and […]
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