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The Motley Fool December 17, 2008 John Rosevear |
The Secret Downside of Your 401(k) Workplace savings plans can be expensive, and these hidden fees could be killing your performance. |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2008 Robert Brokamp |
The 401(k) Crisis and What You Can Do About It That thing you're using to save for retirement? Your 401(k)? It's got a lot of problems. |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2008 Dayana Yochim |
Dear Boss: Fix Our 401(k) How to write a letter that will agitate your employer to improve a lousy retirement plan. |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2009 Dayana Yochim |
How to Deal With an Old 401(k) When (and how) to reclaim an old account, and when to leave it put. |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2006 Dayana Yochim |
Apathy, Spending Spree, or IRA? With the average 401(k) balance in the $50,000 range, it seems a shame to either fritter away those retirement dollars by cashing out or forgetting about long, lost accounts until it's too late. Which will it be when you leave your old job? |
The Motley Fool July 24, 2008 Dayana Yochim |
How To Deal With an Old 401(k) When (and how) to reclaim an old account, and when to leave it put. |
The Motley Fool June 8, 2010 Nathan Alderman |
What the Fool Is a 401(k)? Your quick, Foolish guide to getting free money from your boss. |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
Frightening Fine Print Have you checked your 401(k) fees? What looks like a small difference could have big consequences. |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Fee, Fie, 401(k), Fum How much do you know about your 401(k) fees? |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
Trillion-Dollar Treasure Trove You can ignore a lot of little money tasks and suffer few consequences. But letting your money wallow in a former employer's retirement plan is really wasting opportunity. If you have money sitting in a former employer's account, now's the perfect time to take it back. |
The Motley Fool July 23, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
Forgotten 401(k)s Take your retirement account back from your former employer. |
Investment Advisor July 1, 2011 Tom Lydon |
ETFs At Last: The Future of 401(k)s Exchange-traded funds are beginning to attract greater attention for participant-directed individual account plans. |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
Forgotten 401(k)s If you have money sitting in a former employer's retirement plan, consider taking control of that dough. Doing so gives you more investment options at a lower cost. |
The Motley Fool May 23, 2005 Roy Lewis |
Job Changes and Your 401(k) What should you do with your retirement savings when you leave your old employer? |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
The Old 401(k) Conundrum When not to roll over your 401(k) funds. |
The Motley Fool February 1, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
When Not to Roll Over Sometimes it's best to leave your 401(k) money with your old boss. |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2004 |
401(k) Administration Pain The greatest enemies to your long-term savings through a 401(k) plan are excessive fees. Right now, they're circling your retirement funds, nibbling away at your savings |
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 Weller & enkins |
The 401(k) Fee Effect The costs of 401(k) accounts are eating into Americans' retirement returns. What should be done? |
The Motley Fool November 15, 2004 |
Make Your 401(k) Work Harder Take one minute to maximize your employer-sponsored retirement plan. |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
If You Don't Have a 401(k) There's more than one way to build a strong retirement. |
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Anne Tergesen |
Does Your 401(k) Cost Too Much? Fees for your 401(k) retirement plan can take as much as 3% of the account balance each year. Watch out for conflicts of interest. |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2005 |
401(k) Administration Pain Less can be more when it comes to 401(k) plan options. If you have the opportunity to help your office select a plan provider, it is well worth keeping in mind that having too many mutual fund choices is a cost, not a benefit. |
Investment Advisor December 2007 Elizabeth D. Festa |
Fighting the Good Fight on 401(k)s In his new book, Stop the 401(k) Rip Off, David Loeper rails against the hidden fees in 401(k) plans and attempts to arm participants with the ability to uncover the fees and approach their employer about offering less expensive funds in their plans. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 Vaughan Scully |
The Battle for 401(k) Accounts ETFs have only established a small beachhead so far in the 401(k) arena. That may not change any time soon. |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2008 Alyce Lomax |
Don't Be a Pushover, Just Roll It Over When you leave a job you may be able to put your 401(k) into what is more often than not the best option: a rollover IRA, which offers maximum flexibility. |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Do Pensions Beat 401(k)s? A recent study shows that investors aren't doing as well on their own and underscores the need for employees to understand and take full advantage of their retirement plan options. |
The Motley Fool April 7, 2007 Elizabeth Brokamp |
5 IRA Myths What you should know about your IRA but probably don't. Myth: You can't touch the money in your IRA until you are 59 1/2... Myth: Other than a company match, there's really no difference between an IRA and a 401(k)... etc. |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Should You Ditch Your 401(k)? Usually, unless a plan is really bad, it's worth trying to salvage it -- at least to some extent. In deciding whether to participate and how much to contribute, keep the following four ideas in mind. |
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 John Rosevear |
What to Do When Your 401(k) Stinks Sometimes, your 401(k) isn't everything it's cracked up to be: Making the most of a bad investment menu. |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Stop Juggling Your Retirement Investments Consolidate and conquer. |
The Motley Fool November 20, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
Rule Your Rollover The world of retirement has changed, and that means more responsibility for workers. The trade-off also means more choice and more control for investors. |
The Motley Fool January 16, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The No-Cost Way to Fix Flawed 401(k)s We've already got a perfectly good alternative. |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
What About My 401(k)? "One-size-fits-all" doesn't work for even the most straightforward money management conundrums. |
The Motley Fool July 20, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Why a Roth Could Be All Wrong for You Even with all their features, Roth IRAs might not be your best choice. |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2006 Ryan Popple |
Beware the Botched 401(k) While 401(k)s offer more control and impressive tax benefits, they also chronically underperform managed pension funds. We are going to need our 401(k)s for our future financial security, and we have to do a better job of managing them. |
The Motley Fool March 26, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Let Your Boss Kill Your Retirement Companies are giving up on you. Don't give up on yourself. |
The Motley Fool June 5, 2006 Dayana Yochim |
5 Ways to Idiot-Proof Your IRA An IRA is one of the easiest ways to invest. So why do so many people sabotage their retirement savings by managing it all wrong? |
The Motley Fool January 16, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Your 401(k) Isn't an ATM However, a new program called ReservePlus, allows 401(k) plan participants to take out loans against their retirement accounts simply by using a debit card. |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2010 Russ Krull |
Put That Old 401(k) Back to Work A process for deciding what to do with an old 401(k). |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2004 |
401(k) Plan CliffsNotes Everything you need to know about your work retirement plan in 77 words. |
Financial Advisor August 2007 Ken Weber |
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You As a financial advisor, you may deal with or be asked to comment upon retirement plans for your clients. Increasingly, it is becoming clear that you have a fiduciary duty -- in spirit, if not in fact -- to assist your clients in uncovering all the fees involved with their plan. |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How Fighting Back Will Make You Richer Because some workers have been willing to take a shot and fight their employers over problems with their 401(k) retirement plans, millions of workers around the country may see the impact |
Investment Advisor February 2008 |
The ETF Solution Forward-thinking companies and their advisors are increasingly allowing 401(k) plan participants to leverage the benefits of ETFs. |
Investment Advisor March 2007 Ken Weber |
401(k) Plans' Dirty Little Secret Without fair, vigorous competition among 401(k) plan providers, millions of plan participants will be saddled with burdensome costs. And without disclosure, employees cannot pressure employers to seek more cost-effective plans. |
The Motley Fool October 17, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Get the Savings Munchies! Stick to your savings goals despite all the available distractions. |
The Motley Fool October 29, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
This Common Move Will Get You Nowhere Don't give up on your retirement. 46% of all those who left their jobs chose to cash out their 401(k) plan balances, take the money, and run. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Coming Soon to Your 401(k): ETFs Schwab plans to offer ETFs for 401(k). |
The Motley Fool September 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Best Way to Use Your 401(k) Learn how to turbocharge your investing. |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2006 David Braze |
Changing Jobs? Take Care of Your 401(k) Know your options to get the most out of those retirement funds. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Tom Roseen |
Performance Drags: A Curse To Wealth Accumulation Loads, expenses and taxes can have a significant impact on fund returns over the long haul. |