401k Savings Rates Are Going Up (What's Going On?!)
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Brian Preston, CPA, CFP®, PFS and Bo Hanson, CFA, CFP® | Fee-Only Fiduciary Advisors
4.7 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | 401k savings rates are going up as 4 non-blonds once asked what's going on |
| 0:15.0 | I got him. him. |
| 0:16.0 | That's what you were saying. |
| 0:18.0 | I am so excited about this because this is good news. |
| 0:21.4 | This is good news. |
| 0:22.4 | 401k rates are increasing people are saving more money |
| 0:26.4 | this is something that should be celebrated right like this is a net positive for the |
| 0:31.4 | financial world around us. |
| 0:32.5 | I got really excited about this because check this out. |
| 0:35.2 | We actually have some data here to share |
| 0:37.2 | is that 401k accounts at Vanguard, |
| 0:41.0 | they're now at 11.7% contribution rates. |
| 0:44.4 | Now this does include employer match as well. |
| 0:46.6 | But here's the cool thing. |
| 0:47.6 | This is an all-time haph since Vanguard has been tracking this, |
| 0:52.0 | but I gotta tell you, before we start celebrating that |
| 0:55.0 | everybody has found religion on saving and investing, there's actually something structural |
| 1:00.7 | that's happening behind the scenes that's making this happen. |
| 1:03.6 | So you mean to tell me that people haven't just like caught wind that hey I've got to |
| 1:06.8 | control my financial future I've got to start saving more I've got to take more control |
| 1:11.4 | over my future financial self that's not what's taking place? |
| 1:15.2 | Yeah, a few years ago, the tax law has changed where there was this new thing called |
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