tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23550078.post4080097678670266447..comments2023-09-29T08:04:32.799-05:00Comments on makingourway: the challenge of all bad choices - selecting 401k options with Merrill Lynchmakingourwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13748811641577990850noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23550078.post-2138450016592141922007-01-29T23:24:00.000-06:002007-01-29T23:24:00.000-06:00Stealth and niffer, intersting comments.
Niffer I...Stealth and niffer, intersting comments.<br /><br />Niffer I think you're right about the program incorporating external holdings.<br /><br />Stealth, I'll definately check out the possibility of an in service transfer - somehow I doubt Big Company or Meryll Lynch will permit it - but I'd love to find out.<br /><br />Stealth, I'm committed to the passive investing approach - just not comfortable with market timing, etc.... BTW, thanks for the comments re: the blog layout.<br /><br />Have you checked some of the other brokeragers - I think one offers unlimited trades for $200 / year (or a large number of trades at that).<br /><br />Regards,<br />makingourwaymakingourwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748811641577990850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23550078.post-60597419116896323992007-01-26T12:13:00.000-06:002007-01-26T12:13:00.000-06:00Do you have other retirement investments that hold...Do you have other retirement investments that hold fixed income assets? If so, if the automated investment advice thingy takes those into account, then maybe that's why it didn't suggest any fixed income funds.<br /><br />It is very odd, and kinda creepy, that it would ask for your family's SSNs...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23550078.post-17243689168238683372007-01-26T01:20:00.000-06:002007-01-26T01:20:00.000-06:00Hey, wow you changed your site. Could you also let...Hey, wow you changed your site. Could you also let me know how you put the bar goal charts in. Ask your employer if you can do an "in service withdrawal" on your 401K. This could enable you to move some of the 401K to an account of your choosing. <br /><br />I still think your new thing about costs borders on obsession but if you want to go the whole "low fee thing", check this option out.<br /><br />I pay about 1% per year for unlimited trading and still have beat the S&P by 500 basis points per year since 1998 but I guess I see value in the advice and research I get for my 1%. <br /><br />Before I get snotty, you are 100% spot on for ditching the high cost VUL you had plus other stuff.<br /><br />Just come on over to the dark side a bit and attempt a little tactical plays. i am partial to Health Care and Mega Cap tech at the moment.StealthBuckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795127014423250395noreply@blogger.com