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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by airza on Friday June 16, 2017 @11:16AM (#14569716)
who the fuck has a 401K and is interested in short term returns?
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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by jdmichal on Friday June 16, 2017 @11:46AM (#14569963)
You know at some point the 401k is supposed to be paying your bills, yes? That's its raison d'être. When you have investments paying your bills, you might understandably be focused on those investments yielding some immediate returns. Maybe to pay for that leaky roof, or broken down AC...
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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by emodendroket on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:32PM (#14571538)
Why in the world would you have more than a token amount of assets in stock if you are nearing or in the middle of retirement?
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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by popinman322 on Friday June 16, 2017 @12:17PM (#14570199)
Any short term returns from the market should be remarkably small per individual managed by a firm. It's the long term growth that you're banking on when you prepare for retirement years in advance.
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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by ghaff on Friday June 16, 2017 @11:47AM (#14569969)
The fund managers for the funds in that 401k.
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