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Want to Be a 401(k) Millionaire? 4 Tips All Future Retirees Should Know

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Your plan's best-performing fund option might be the simplest one Your 401(k) plan will most likely be administered by a mutual fund company, and more often than not, it will limit your investment options to its proprietary funds. Over the prior 10 years, 87% of these mutual funds trailed the index.

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This Simple ETF Could Turn $200 a Month Into $530,806

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Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will buy and sell stocks right after each rebalancing announcement, keeping their investment portfolios equally fresh -- with no extra effort required by the funds' shareholders. Data source: Investment calculator from NerdWallet.com. 20 $48,000 $128,278 167.2%

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4 Things to Know Before Opening Your First Brokerage Account

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Just take a look at the table below to see how different your account balance would be depending on the fees you pay if you invested $10,000 over a 20-year period and earned a 10% average annual return. Fee Return on investment 0.25% $64,279 1.0% $56,041 1.5% $51,124 2.5% $42,484 Data source: Author's calculations.

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See Why Americans Moved $1 Trillion Into This Unique Type of Savings Account Last Year

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Let's look at what makes money market funds so special, and how you can use this type of account to earn higher return on investment (ROI) on your cash. What are money market funds and how do they work? Money market funds are not bank accounts -- they are a type of mutual fund, offered by brokerages and investment firms.

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What's the Best Way to Invest in Stocks Without Any Experience? Start With This ETF.

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That option is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). ETFs are similar to mutual funds but they are more accessible to the average investor and they trade more like stocks. The ETF's return closely follows the returns of the index (less the management fees the ETF changes).

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Better Buy: Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF or Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF?

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Speaking to this fact, the fund family has grown to around $7.5 trillion in assets under management across its mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) offerings. Among its 3,717 stock holdings, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) , its largest position, accounts for 6.12% of the fund's portfolio. over the past five years.

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How to Maximize Your 401(k) Money if You're 50 Years Old

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If you want to retire at age 65 or age 67 (your full Social Security retirement age, if you were born in 1974), your retirement is getting closer -- but it's still far enough away that you can still afford to take some short-term risks and invest aggressively in the stock market to maximize your pre-retirement return on investment (ROI).