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09 Aug '23Retirement Investing: Meta Platforms Employees
Continue readingHow do Meta Platforms (i.e., Facebook) employees approach retirement investing? Meta offers a 401(k) retirement savings plan for its ~65,000 employees. Employees can choose to contribute a portion of their income to the plan. But which investments do Facebook employees pick as retirement investments? What is a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan A 401(k) plan […]
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26 Jul '23Oracle Employee’s Retirement Investments
Continue readingWhat are Oracle employee’s retirement investments? Oracle offers a 401(k) retirement savings plan for its ~79,000 employees. Employees can choose to contribute a portion of their income to the plan. But which investments do Oracle employees pick as retirement investments? What is a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan A 401(k) plan is a retirement savings […]
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12 Jul '23Retirement Investments of Dell Employees
Continue readingWhat are Dell Technologies employee’s retirement investments? Dell offers a 401(k) retirement savings plan for its ~63,000 participants. Employees can choose to contribute a portion of their income to the plan. But which investments do Dell employees pick as retirement investments? What is a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan A 401(k) plan is a retirement […]
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28 Jun '23How IBM Employees Invest for Retirement
Continue readingHow do employees at IBM choose to invest for retirement? IBM offers a 401(k) retirement savings plan (the IBM 401(k) Plus Plan) for its ~167,000 participants. Employees can choose to contribute a portion of their income to the plan. But which investments do IBM employees pick as retirement investments? What is a 401(k) Retirement […]
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14 Jun '23How Salesforce Employees Invest for Retirement
Continue readingHow do tech workers at Salesforce choose to invest for retirement? Salesforce offers a 401(k) retirement savings plan for its ~50,000 employees. Employees can choose to contribute a portion of their income to the plan. But which investments do Salesforce employees pick as retirement investments? A 401(k) retirement savings plan is a type of defined […]
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03 May '23Why Is My 401(k) Automatically Invested in These Funds?
Continue readingUnless you proactively select investments in your 401(k), you may automatically be invested in the plans default option. These default investment options are called the plan’s Qualified Default Investment Alternative (QDIA). A QDIA is an investment option that is automatically selected for participants in a 401(k) plan who have not made their own investment choices. […]
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20 Apr '23Tech Layoffs – What About My 401(k)? Rollover?
Continue readingA 401(k) rollover might be the right decision after a layoff, but not always. Layoffs at big tech companies have become commonplace lately. If you are caught up in a downsizing, among many challenges, you have a decision your retirement account. Most 401(k) plans allow you to keep your account at your former employer. Or […]
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07 Oct '22Compounding Investment Returns
Continue readingThe stock market is down significantly this year with many tech companies losing over 30%. Against this dismal backdrop, compounding returns and adding to your investment portfolio may not be top-of-mind. Yet it behooves you to keep in mind that U.S. equity markets historically return about 10% per year on average over the long term. […]
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10 Oct '18Save Taxes on 401(k) Distributions
Continue readingPreferential Tax Treatment on Company Stock in Your 401(k) If you hold shares of your employer’s stock in your 401(k) account, there is an IRS rule with the potential to significantly reduce your future tax burden. The rule pertains to net unrealized appreciation (NUA). NUA is the difference between the price you originally paid for […]
