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Old 02-05-2012, 07:15 AM   #21
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The new 401(k) rules have been postponed again. Companies must be having a difficult time getting the financial house in order. I still expect there will be a way to hide expenses. Now you see it, now you don't.

Every week or so I trade the company stock out of the EPP fund to something more trackable (follows an index).
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Old 02-05-2012, 09:40 AM   #22
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RobJr, your example looks like there is a variance of about .2%. Does the number of units go up when the price of the stock drops? Taking into consideration the cash balance, it's understandable how the number of units can go down when the price of Ford's shares go up.
I don`t really know.Maybe I`ll try to track it everyday for a few weeks to get a better understanding of it`s movements.With a average daily volume over 50 million shares I imagine things might be a little complex.
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Old 02-05-2012, 09:45 AM   #23
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This is a few years old but the videos explain how 401k investment firms can operate.

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It`s great that they may have to be more transparent but will it really change anything?
There is a part in one of these videos where they talk about making a simple transaction very complicated so their fees can be hidden.
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Old 02-05-2012, 10:06 AM   #24
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Good argument for index funds. The expenses and fees are very transparent.
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Old 02-05-2012, 12:23 PM   #25
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Heck, if they've got 2% in cash essentially they won't follow the stock price exactly even if Ford pays all the fees. You might be able to see this if a big price drop affects your 401k shares slightly less than the public shares (your number of equivalent shares will increase). If the number of equivalent shares in your 401k still decreases then it is a fee problem.

I have noticed that the MF choices in DW's 401k are tracking much closer to the actual MF retail shares in 2012 than in the past. WSJ was noting that some companies/managers are cleaning up their fees before they have to disclose them. We may be seeing some benefit already.
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The new 401(k) rules have been postponed again. Companies must be having a difficult time getting the financial house in order. I still expect there will be a way to hide expenses. Now you see it, now you don't.

Every week or so I trade the company stock out of the EPP fund to something more trackable (follows an index).
It is not the companies that are having the problem, but the gvmt... they have not yet finalized the actual rules.... kind of hard to put something out when you do not even know what it is you are supposed to put out...
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It is not the companies that are having the problem, but the gvmt... they have not yet finalized the actual rules.... kind of hard to put something out when you do not even know what it is you are supposed to put out...
The lobbyists might be having a tough time dressing this one up.Putting lipstick on a pig might be prove a bit difficult.
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I just received the proposed display of expenses that is required by the gvmt...

A big Ho Hum... there is nothing on the proposed workbook that was not known or could be found online easily....

I think this is a big to do about nothing... and a lot of money will be spent supplying this info....
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