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I started buying gold coins a couple of years ago when I started having a bad feeling about the dollar. I had a bunch of cash that I didn't want to keep as cash, but didn't want to invest it conventionally either. I started buying gold coins at the local coin and stamp dealer. He gave me...

Thanks for the input. It sounds like I'm heading in the right direction. It seems most members on this forum have more complicated investments than what I'm considering though.

I've been doing quite a bit of research and am ready to make some changes to my 401k. I'm moving my account from an expensive advisor charging 1.25% and .5% to the investment company. The advisor is actually very knowlegeable and had me in the highly recommenede DFA funds. My thoughts were to...

It's been 48 hours and I still have not received a call back from the advisor after 2 calls. It's making me feel less guilty about dumping him. Without talking to him it's difficult to find out exactly how to transfer my account elsewhere. The devil is in the details since I know so little...

I should clarify and say that the advisor charges 1.25% and the company he contracts with charges .5%. They are called Symmetry Partners. They are intermediary to Trust company of America who runs our DFA funds.

Thanks for all the input. I will be cutting this guy loose and probably moving into a Vanguard account and doing the fund picking myself using index funds. I've already been doing this in my SEP-IRA. Yes, these are DFA funds thru Trust Company of America. Their fees are pretty competitive; it's...

I was getting ready to move this account over to Vanguard because of the high advisor fees, but after looking over the account I'm not so sure. The account seems to be well diversified so I don't think the risk is that high, so I'm torn on what to do.

OK. I'm learning as I post. I believe the 1.75 BP is being charged by the broker that setup the plan. It's actually .50 from a company called Symmetry Partners, and 1.25 to the broker. I'm not sure who the TPA is. We get our statements from Symmetry, but they don't call themselves a TPA. I'm in...

Thanks. Yes their fees are fine. With more research I am finding that the 3rd party administrator is raping us with charges. 1.75 a year for each of us. I found another thru Vanguard that only charges .25.

I have a small corporation and we started this 401k a few years ago. I've been doing some research and it seems OK, but I thought I'd tap into the brain trust here on ER and see what you guys think. Have you heard of them?