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Cleaning Up Your 401(k)

Posted February 25, 2009 by Bernz

If you are like most employees who have a company-sponsored 401(k) plan, you filled out all the paperwork when you first signed up, chose your investment funds from the list provided, and proceeded to forget it from then on. In the last 12 months, it is likely that every time you take a peek at your plan, it has gone down in value yet again. Best to just not look at it and hope for a miracle, right? Wrong!

401kkWhile there is not much that you can do about the global recession or the sorry state of the stock market, you can take charge of your retirement funds, especially your 401(k). Every 401(k) has an option to buy and sell the underlying investment funds every so often. You may be able to make changes to your plan every three months or even every day. Find out when you will be able to change out your investments and then take some time to know what’s going on with your existing choices.

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