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Re:Delphi buys self-driving car startup Nutonomy for $400M by mikekij on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @12:59PM (#15543087)
Wouldn't the pre-tax nature of a 401k mean that an alternative investment would need to return ~25% in the first year in order to break even with a 401k contribution returning 0%?

I'm not arguing that the market is currently rational; just surprised you've suspended 401k contributions because of it.

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Re:Delphi buys self-driving car startup Nutonomy for $400M by dmoy on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @07:40PM (#15546161)
Yup, unless GP for some reason can only buy 401k into their own company, rather than some broad-market fund, in which case if they're specifically skeptical about their own company then maybe not putting stuff into a 401k.

But yea generally pre-tax dollars are better than any other investment you can reliably make.

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