Monthly Archives: July 2021

Trading with 401(k) accounts is very low

With a cautious stock market still reeling from COVID, it should come as no shock that trading within 401(k) accounts is low. Trading activity in 401(k) retirement plan accounts was “remarkably light” in the second quarter of 2021, according to … Continue reading

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Beware of 401(k) articles with tax advice, speak to a pro

It sounds so great on paper because you read an article. An advisor clued me into an about a Mega Backdoor Roth IRA, utilizing a 401(k) plan and a little-used provision called the Voluntary Contribution provision that could potentially allow … Continue reading

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The problem with Target Date funds are the investors that use them

A target-date fund (TDF) could be an attractive investment alternative for a participant that can’t be bothered with allocating their account balance. The reason I have trepidation about target-date funds is because of how certain participants use it, as well … Continue reading

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Participants with loans dips

Outstanding loan rates for 401(k) participants is an interesting thing to look at, it may be a sense of the strength of 401(k) participation. At the end of the first quarter of 2021, about 14% of 401(k) participants had outstanding … Continue reading

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Don’t be that guy at a networking event

With a networking event planned, I thought it would be a good time to get back into some of the local networking groups to promote it, and quickly, I remembered why I stopped. One of the meeting groups is someone … Continue reading

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You Have To Deal With Some Unpleasant Facts About Your 401(k) Plan

My latest JDSupra.com article can be found here.

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Hiring A 401(k) Plan Provider? Avoid These Mistakes

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State IRA programs spur retirement plan sponsorship

While state enacting mandatory IRA programs for employers that don’t offer retirement plans seems burdensome, I do support it, just because it increases retirement plan coverage and likely, plan sponsorship, so these employers start offering a plan on their own … Continue reading

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Despite what the survey says, let them roll

I was an employee once and that’s why I don’t have employees. If I did have employees and they left my employment, I’d like all strings to be cut. Some larger plans disagree. According to a new Cerulli report, 84% … Continue reading

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Milk Carton Advisors are still a thing

When you hire a financial advisor for your plan, they typically are paid quarterly from plan assets. Yet some so many plan sponsors pay hat quarterly fee and their advisor have been missing in their job, that they should be … Continue reading

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