The 411 on your 401k

FromMotley Fool Answers

Start listening View podcast show

The 411 on your 401k

FromMotley Fool Answers

ratings:

Length:

19 minutes

Released:

Dec 30, 2014

Format:

Podcast episode

Description

What they are, why you should care, mistakes people make (full disclosure: including our own boneheaded blunders) and two things to do right this very moment to improve your returns.

Released:

Dec 30, 2014

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Saving, spending, planning — you've got money questions and we've got answers. Every week host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. Send your questions to answers@fool.com.

Skip carousel

The 411 on your 401k: What they are, why you should care, mistakes people make (full disclosure: including our own boneheaded blunders) and two things to do right this very moment to improve your returns. by Motley Fool Answers
19 min listen
5 Reasons to Delay Retirement: Sticking it out for just a few more years can pay huge financial and personal dividends. by Motley Fool Answers
23 min listen
Secrets to Warren Buffett's Success: Celebrating 50 years of Berkshire Hathaway's annual letters, we share 10 Warren Buffett quotes to help you invest as successfully* as the Oracle of Omaha. (*Your mileage may vary. But we promise it'll improve.) by Motley Fool Answers
24 min listen
When Good Debt Goes Bad: Sometimes "good debt" turns out to be not-so-good after all. When it comes to mortgages and student loans, don't blindly follow the old financing rules-of-thumb. by Motley Fool Answers
18 min listen
Checklist for a Financially Fit 2015: Forget New Year's resolutions (too much pressure!). Instead follow our five-point checklist (easy!) to set yourself up for a financially fit 2015. by Motley Fool Answers
19 min listen
Credit Score Facts and Fallacies: Credit Score Facts and Fallacies: Your parents might not buy you ice cream for bringing home a good credit score. But a top-notch money GPA will get you favorable financial treatment (and pay off handsomely, to boot). We set the score straight on the... by Motley Fool Answers
17 min listen
End the Year Strong: We've picked out our favorite year-end financial "to dos" so you can make the dwindling days of 2014 pay off handsomely for years to come. by Motley Fool Answers
13 min listen
Divorce-Proof Your Finances: We discuss "wife bonuses" (yeah, it's a thing), how to get your credit score for free, and three steps to help divorce-proof your finances. by Motley Fool Answers
25 min listen
Couples & Cash: How to Have "The Talk": Don't let money issues become a sore spot in your relationship. We share our top tips to make managing money with your Shmoopy painless, productive -- and even fun! by Motley Fool Answers
22 min listen
Impress People at Parties With Your Investing Knowledge: Matt C. has a confession: "When my friends start talking about investing I just nod my head and pretend to know what they're talking about... I'm too embarrassed to admit that I don't know the difference between a stock, a bond and a mutual fund."... by Motley Fool Answers
24 min listen
IRS Audit: Are You In Danger?: Have you ever received a "clarification letter" from the IRS? Uh oh. Our on-call CPA Megan Brinsfield shows us how to steer clear of the IRS's scrutiny while we fess up to our own audit near-misses. Plus, a review of wacky excuses people use to get... by Motley Fool Answers
19 min listen
What Your Tax Return Says About You: Do you have a Type A personality? Are you a generous person? Are you on the road to wealth? What kind of investor are you? Special guest CPA Megan Brinsfield reveals about what your tax return says about you. Plus, we play a rousing game of "Is It... by Motley Fool Answers
21 min listen
Easy Tricks for Sticking to a Budget: Make it easy. Make it automatic. Here are our best ideas for keeping your budget on track. Plus, everyday budgeting heroes at The Motley Fool share their No. 1 piece of advice. by Motley Fool Answers
20 min listen
Mailbag! First Investments, IRA Limits, Financing a New Business, Credit Score Dings and More: How much money do I need to start investing? What's the best way to invest for kids? Is this going to hurt my credit score? Answers to these and other listener questions, plus our inaugural inductee into the Money Hall of Shame. by Motley Fool Answers
25 min listen
Bad Financial Advice: Red Flags, Must-Ask Questions: Warning signs that you're getting bad financial advice from your money pro. Plus, breakup lines to help you get out of a bad relationship. by Motley Fool Answers
25 min listen
5 Ways Your Brain is Sabotaging Your Money: Biases prevent all of us—yes, even you—from managing money intelligently. Morgan Housel, behavioral finance expert at The Motley Fool, joins us to talk five common biases and how you can reduce the damage they inflict on your finances.... by Motley Fool Answers
27 min listen
Playing Catch-Up: 6 Tips for Late-Starters: We’ll help you figure out if you’re behind on retirement savings and give you six steps to get yourself back on track. Plus we get Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg to dish about will power, forming good habits,... by Motley Fool Answers
30 min listen
Dividends: Next Level Stuff: Dividends analyst James Early is back to explain four dividend investing strategies and gives his best advice if you’re just starting out. Also, Robert reports back on his online grocery price comparison—did Amazon beat out Costco, Target,... by Motley Fool Answers
29 min listen
Money Lies We All Believe: We drop some truth bombs on the most oft-repeated lies about money. Plus Carl Richards, the New York Times "sketch guy" columnist, reveals the juiciest parts of his brand new book, The One-Page Financial Plan (actual size: 211 pages). by Motley Fool Answers
23 min listen
Social Security Myths & Misconceptions: Is the system going to run out of money? Should people apply for benefits as soon as they can? We tackle some of the biggest myths and give tips on how to get the most out of what you put into it. by Motley Fool Answers
26 min listen
IRAs, 401(k)s: Stuff You Need To Know: Advice to help you rock your retirement accounts. Plus we clear up common mistakes and misconceptions so that you don't hit any sour notes. by Motley Fool Answers
19 min listen
Are You Financially Average?: See how you stack up as we peek into the wallets, bank accounts, credit card bills and brokerage statements of Average Joe and Jane Q. Public. Also, we chat with Econ Talk's Russ Roberts. by Motley Fool Answers
27 min listen
Money Mistakes of the Rich and Famous: We highlight a multitude of celebrity money sins so that us little people can learn from their mistakes. Death, taxes, and all that other fun stuff. by Motley Fool Answers
25 min listen
Buy Your First Stock! Here's How: Are you ready? (We have a checklist.) Which broker should you use? What companies should you buy? When should you pull the trigger? How many shares? What about selling? Listen up and check out our new . by Motley Fool Answers
32 min listen
Talking to Your Parents About Money: Tips on how to bring up this sensitive topic, a checklist of things to cover, and a rundown of red flags that may indicate your parent or elderly relative is being scammed. by Motley Fool Answers
22 min listen
Advice for College Grads: Money tips, job hunting advice, life lessons, and why ages 26 and 32 are markers of true adulthood. Plus we share the major regrets from our youths so that you don’t end up like us. by Motley Fool Answers
27 min listen
How to Pay for College Without Getting Eaten by a Dragon: We read a choose your own adventure tale on how to save for college, introduce Robert to the world of LARPing, and answer your questions about the Backdoor Roth. by Motley Fool Answers
22 min listen
Mailbag! Your 911 Fund, IRA Rollover Advice and Missing Wills: The bottom line on your emergency fund, an investment that puts your eggs in many baskets, how to find out if someone dearly departed has left you any money, and more of your pressing money questions answered. by Motley Fool Answers
24 min listen
Dividends Are Awesome: Get some!: Companies that pay dividends tend to outperform the rest, making them a great addition to your portfolio. Foolish dividends analyst, James Early, discusses the basics of dividends and reveals four of his favorite dividend payers right now. We also... by Motley Fool Answers
25 min listen
Spoiled Rotten: Raising Kids That Aren't: Advice on allowance, dealing with the "I wants," tools to help instill values, and how to answer uncomfortable questions like, "Why don't we have [showy item the neighbors own]?" from New York Times columnist Ron Lieber, author of "The Opposite of... by Motley Fool Answers
31 min listen

Related podcast episodes

Skip carousel

How To Utilize The CARES Act and New Laws To Increase Your Cash and Keep Your Business Going During COVID-19 Featuring Jim Dew, Tony Rose, and Joe Polish - Genius Network Episode #142: Are you having a hard time comprehending the new CARES Act and what it means for you? Learn how Tony Rose and Jim Dew unpack it in today’s episode of the Genius Network podcast. If you’d like access to the show notes or the exercise to help you... by Genius Network
75 min listen
the smart nonprofit with Beth Kanter and Allison Fine by The Small Nonprofit
33 min listen
Covid-19 Special Series Ep 1: Trauma & our collective need to Pause in response to Covid-19: Introduction: Covid-19 struck like a thunderbolt and has thrown the world upside down. Many are still reeling as we grapple to right side for a new order. All of us have been forced to wake to a new reality, to pause and immediately assume a virtual... by The Game of Teams
56 min listen
1922: Fujitsu ServiceNow - Diagnosing the Symptoms (And Solutions) of Technical Debt: Carey Blunt, Global Head of ServiceNow Solutions at Fujitsu by The Tech Talks Daily Podcast
24 min listen
How To Utilize The CARES Act and New Laws To Increase Your Cash and Keep Your Business Going During COVID-19 Featuring Jim Dew, Tony Rose, and Joe Polish - I Love Marketing Episode #365: Are you having a hard time comprehending the new CARES Act and what it means for you? Learn how Tony Rose and Jim Dew unpack it in today’s episode of the I Love Marketing podcast. If you’d like access to the show notes, a direct play link,... by I Love Marketing
76 min listen
Layoffs: Probably More To Come, A Personal Story, Lessons From Twitter.: Layoffs are simply a part of business. Over the years there have been millions of workers let go and it's always a difficult, painful process. In this podcast I give you my perspectives on the process, the role leadership must play, and how to deal with the topic if you are the one losing your job. I also give you my own perspectives on hiring, which is the mirror image of layoffs, and what I think is going on at Twitter. Finally, I took a few minutes to share my personal experience with layoffs at IBM, Sybase, DigitalThink (where I was the victim), and my own company. I hope this podcast gives you some perspective as a leader, HR person, or individual dealing with this issue. And let me remind you the Irresistible companies deal with this a very unique way. (They hire slowly and have a very deliberate process to make sure all new hires "increase productivity" and don't "slow the company down.") More Background by The Josh Bersin Company
22 min listen
The “Urgency Effect” and How to Prioritize More Effectively in the Practice Room: Some things are urgent (a gig today), while other things are important (a big audition in 2 months). How can we make the best use of our practice time so that we are at our best for the truly important moments? by The Bulletproof Musician
9 min listen
Weekly Update | Foldable iPhone | Google Gemini | Congress vs. Big Tech | Meta AI Content Tagging | by Future-Focused with Christopher Lind
30 min listen
Achieving Managed Growth for Your Agency w/ Joe Sullivan by Agency Life
44 min listen
EP124: How To REALLY Build A Fitness Business Of The Future & Manage Your Finances As A Fit Pro w/ Jon Goodman: Vigor Life Podcast · EP124: How To REALLY Build A Fitness Business Of The Future & Manage Your Finances w/ Jon Goodman - Jonathan Goodman is the creator of the Personal Trainer Development Center. Since 2011, by Vigor Life Podcast
59 min listen
Ep. 8 - Hiring Demand Gen Won't Solve Your Revenue Problems by Demand Gen Made Simple
11 min listen
204: How to Get and Stay Focused: We live in an age of distraction. No matter what we have to do – whether it's writing an essay, working in an office, or just going about our daily lives – we are constantly at the mercy of internal and external distractions. These attention-breakers have serious consequences on our quality of work. The good news is that with our growing knowledge of the brain and improved technology, there are specific steps we can take to increase attention and improve focus. This week’s episode covers the difference between internal and external distractions and practical steps you can take to increase your focus. While our internal distractions are actually much more numerous than external, both can prevent people from focused work. I talk about the things you may be doing that prevent deep focus, then I give you steps you can take to mitigate distractions using short-term and long-term approaches. The full episode guide includes the matrix of focus along with tips by The Modern Manager
15 min listen
How To Make $1 Million In 24 Hours, with John Fio: The single best way to build a million-dollar business is to solve a problem you have in your life at the moment. For John Fio, one of those problems was stress and anxiety. One day he was talking to a doctor who casually mentioned that... by The Mike Dillard Show
51 min listen
1of2 Gil Winch: Winning with Underdogs: Why Hiring the Least Likely Candidates is Good Business by The Dov Baron Show (previously known as Leadership and Loyalty)
35 min listen
77: Big Data, Statistics and Lies with Dr. JohnH. Johnson: The Misinformation Hidden in the Little Data You Consume Every Day by Everyday MBA
29 min listen
Next level business: dental intelligence: How data can help your dental practice succeed by Bulletproof Dental Practice
58 min listen
GovLoop Spotlights: Defining Transformation and How Agencies Can Achieve It by ServiceNow Podcasts
49 min listen
GovLoop Spotlights: Defining Transformation and How Agencies Can Achieve It by Federal Fridays with ServiceNow (Government)
49 min listen
A Step-By-Step Blueprint For Longevity: The Most Advanced Age Reversal Strategies Known To Humankind by Ben Greenfield Life
82 min listen
Limitless growth!: Wrestling with capitalism, SSO, and our spending by Build Your SaaS
56 min listen
309: How You Can Get Engagement In Japan: enjapan.dalecarnegie.com by The Leadership Japan Series
15 min listen
The Recession by Creative Habits Podcast
31 min listen
The High Price of Being So Busy & The Trouble You’ll Cause If You Don’t Have a Will by Something You Should Know
50 min listen
Employee Activation: An Essential Big Idea For 2024: This week I introduce a big idea: Employee Activation. This idea, which comes from important work we're doing with Medallia, shows you how to move "beyond engagement" to a whole new world of employee listening and action-taking based on feedback. In the new world of labor shortages, high turnover, unions, and general employee stress, Employee Activation might be the big answer. Here's a definition: “Employee Activation means designing the company so that managers, line executives, and employees can adjust, change, and redesign work around worker’s needs, suggestions, and demands.” (This week's podcast was recorded on a walk, so I apologize for some of the "animal sounds" in the background) Additional Information Is DEI about to DIE? Welcome to The Post-Industrial Age (Labor shortages as far as the eye can see) Why AI Projects Are More Like Traditional IT Projects Than You Think by The Josh Bersin Company
14 min listen
Managing Tech Burnout by The Cloudcast
37 min listen
Understanding What's Natural by The Science Behind the Art
39 min listen
The Future of Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud Detection in Banking - with Bob Gaines of SambaNova: Today’s guest is Bob Gaines, Managing Director of Business Development at SambaNova Systems, a firm based in the Bay Area that has raised $1B to date. Bob has worked in financial services and technology with companies like IBM, Cray Supercomputing,... by The AI in Business Podcast
30 min listen
Short Takes on Tech 04: Navigating Traceability and Innovation in the Produce Industry by Fresh Takes On Tech
25 min listen
Inclusivity In The Fitness Industry #124: Our diverse panel of experts discusses the important and pressing issue of transformation and inclusivity in the world of health and training. The Episode: Inclusivity In The Fitness Industry The issue of diversity and inclusion... by The Obvious Choice
37 min listen
The Humachine: Humans, Machines, & the Future of Enterprise with John Wood: There is a lot of hype, hand waving and ink being… by The Innovation Show
61 min listen

Discover this podcast and so much more

The 411 on your 401k

The 411 on your 401k

Description

Titles in the series (100)

More Episodes from Motley Fool Answers

Related podcast episodes