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    The 401K First Aid Kit: Stop Your Portfolio Bleeding and Get Back to Financial Health
    The 401K First Aid Kit: Stop Your Portfolio Bleeding and Get Back to Financial Health
    The 401K First Aid Kit: Stop Your Portfolio Bleeding and Get Back to Financial Health
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    The 401K First Aid Kit: Stop Your Portfolio Bleeding and Get Back to Financial Health

    By Fern Alix LaRocca

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    Don't know how to get the maximum out of your 401K plan? Use this easy to read resource on the benefits of using a 401k and how to get the most value out of your contributions. This 401K First Aid Kit helps you heal from losses and bounce back into earning profits again.

    There are real life examples to help you understand concepts and there are links to give you more in depth information on those tricky situations.

    All of the tax benefits are explained in detail. Remember it is not how much you make, but how much you keep that will help you build wealth over time.

    The author is a Certified Financial Planner and Enrolled Agent (tax specialist), with over 25 years experience.

    Everyone can benefit from this short read about the most popular retirement plan provided by employers. Buy this ebook and you won't be confused about your 401K plan again

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFern Alix LaRocca
    Release dateApr 3, 2012
    ISBN9781476388229
    The 401K First Aid Kit: Stop Your Portfolio Bleeding and Get Back to Financial Health
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    Fern Alix LaRocca

    Welcome to the softer side of financial advice. I am Fern Alix LaRocca CFP® EA, publisher of Mindful Money Magazine App available for Droid and IOS users. Find valuable information at www.wholeheartedway.com. I have been a fee-only financial advisor for over 25 years, and I have a passion to promote financial literacy to build wealth and wealth beyond money. You can visit me at http://www.wholeheartedway.com and you can sign up for my complimentary enewsletter, or my magazine at http://mindfulmoneymag.com/. You work hard for your money now read my ebooks to get your money to work hard for you.

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      The 401K First Aid Kit - Fern Alix LaRocca

      The 401K First Aid Kit

      Stop Your Portfolio Bleeding and Get Back to Financial Health

      Revised 2016

      by Fern Alix LaRocca CFP ® EA

      Copyright © 2016 Fern Alix LaRocca

      Smashwords Edition

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2016 Fern Alix LaRocca

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system.

      Published by:

      Advanced Financial Designs

      Website: http://www.wholeheartedway.com

      E-Mail: wholeheartedway@gmail.com

      People are fearful about looking at their 401K statement. They would rather not know of losses in their account. Plan documents are usually filled with legalese that people cannot understand. It is hard to choose investments from plan sponsors when you don’t know how to evaluate your investment options.

      I plan to change all that. With this information, you can learn why you should contribute to a 401k plan and all the benefits that you get from your contributions. There is also a step by step guide on how to choose your investment options. After you read this, you will want to look at that statement because you will know what to do next. You will want to plan for your future and look forward to getting back to financial health. The stress will be removed from making this financial decision.

      I am a Certified Financial Planner with over 25 years of experience in helping individuals with their personal finance decisions. I wrote this eBook to guide you to a better understanding of the 401K plan and to give you the confidence to contribute, invest and monitor your 401K plan to build wealth. The financial industry makes it hard. I make it simple.

      Let’s get started and stop your portfolio bleeding, so you can get back to financial health and wealth.

      Fern Alix LaRocca CFP® EA

      Wealth Coach

      WholeHeartedWay

      The 401K First Aid Kit

      Stop Your Portfolio Bleeding and Get Back to Financial Health

      Table of Contents

      I. What is a 401K and why should I care?

      II. Why should you contribute?

      III. How does tax deferral help me?

      IV. How to keep costs down and put more money in your pocket?

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