When 401(k) Losses Are Optional

When 401(k) Losses Are Optional

What if major 401(k) stock market losses weren’t inevitable?What if full participation in the current stock market downturn was a choice? It’s official: losing big money in your 401(k) is no longer mandatory. If you carry a mortgage, insurance isn’t a suggestion—it’s...
Don’t Stay Wrong in Your 401(k)

Don’t Stay Wrong in Your 401(k)

Earlier this year, an individual 401(k) investment advice client.Sat across from me and said something I’ve heard many time before. “I knew this mutual fund wasn’t right… I didn’t do anything about it.” Sure, the specific mutual fund decision was bad.Worse, was the...
Loss Aversion Is Driving Your 401(k)

Loss Aversion Is Driving Your 401(k)

Research shows stock market losses hit us twice as hard as gains feel good. One of the privileges of my years providing individual 401(k) investment advice.Is noticing how real people make investment decisions. I keep coming back to work of psychologist Daniel...