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Revise your company 401(k) stock market risk management strategy

by Ric Lager | Feb 19, 2019 | 401k Advice, Blog, Educational

Throughout the history of the U.S. stock markets, corrections happen regularly and are impossible to predict. In most cases, these stock market losses are the result of investor’s emotions rather than economic fact. Last December, the most recent stock market...

2 questions every do-it-yourself 401(k) investor should ask themselves now

by Ric Lager | Feb 12, 2019 | 401k Advice, Blog, Educational

If you answer “no” to either of the following three questions, the last several years of your company 401(k) retirement plan contributions and stock market gains are at risk. Do you have the time to manage your company 401(k) retirement plan account? I routinely sit...

Some reasons why you pick the wrong 401(k) mutual funds

by Ric Lager | Feb 6, 2019 | 401k Advice, Blog, Educational

If you look hard enough, there is likely an academic study for a topic of interest. I found a great article last week about the problems picking individual company 401(k) mutual funds. A market research firm teamed-up with three university professors to analyze the...

You Can Be Wrong But Don’t Stay Wrong in Your 401(k)

by Ric Lager | Jan 30, 2019 | 401k Advice, Blog, Educational

Most times individual investors fall into the same category. They think that managing stock and bond market investments is much more complicated and confusing that it really is. The best investment management advice is often contained in the simplest common-sense...

Morningstar provides the hard truth about poor 401(k) mutual funds

by Ric Lager | Jan 23, 2019 | 401k Advice, Blog, Educational

Last week, I came across another very good article from Morningstar. This great content was authored by Jeffrey Ptak. The title of the article is, “The Active Stock Fund Slump Explained.” As a reminder, there are two main types of mutual funds available on your...

In your 401(k) it’s not what you buy, it’s when you sell

by Ric Lager | Jan 16, 2019 | 401k Advice, Blog, Educational

It is always a great learning experience for me to read academic research reports. Every once-in-a-while I find one that confirms the common-sense investment management approach that I have always preached to my individual company 401(k) retirement plan investment...

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Revise your company 401(k) stock market risk management strategy

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Some reasons why you pick the wrong 401(k) mutual funds

You Can Be Wrong But Don’t Stay Wrong in Your 401(k)

Morningstar provides the hard truth about poor 401(k) mutual funds

In your 401(k) it’s not what you buy, it’s when you sell

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