7 Pros and Cons of Investing in a 401(k) Retirement Plan
Money Girl
Macmillan Holdings, LLC
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Understand the pros and cons of using a 401(k) when you have an employer or work for yourself so you have plenty of money when you’re ready to kick back and enjoy retirement.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. Thanks for joining me this week. I'm Laura Adams, a personal finance expert who's |
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| 1:16.0 | All right, today we're going to be talking about 401k |
| 1:20.0 | retirement plans. |
| 1:22.0 | This is a really popular topic because these retirement |
| 1:25.8 | plans are quite popular. They can only be offered by an employer, at least the |
| 1:31.5 | regular 401k's, and if you're self-employed with no |
| 1:35.4 | full-time employees other than a spouse or a business partner you can have |
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