Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401(k) plans, and the Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage less-regulated — and often riskier — investments.
401(k)s were always a wealth extraction vehicle for the wealthy, they just want a bigger cut now. A pension was an earned and guaranteed benefit. A 401(k) is a gamble for bootraps fetishists.
This is all about having a bigger pool of marks to be left holding the bag when the AI bubble pops. I think capital knows by now that regular retail investors aren’t going to buy the hype enough to buy them out right before the burst, so they need to force them to do so to make sure they keep their money. It’s the same bullshit that had SpaceX trying to get listed on the index funds, only bigger.
Pensions are invested in the market too, and sometimes badly managed and can fail or reduce benefits, and 401ks work fine, historically anyway with some knowledge, can’t know the future, but the wealthy like when it goes up too. Follow the early retirement formula 4% guide, index funds, don’t try market timing, when market is down and it’s payday the new shares are on sale, as retirement approaches adjust allocation if desired, or stay all VTI or VUG from early 20’s to retirement. I didn’t come up with this, got from Mr. Money Mustache, and he got from Boggleheads or whatever. This blog is good too https://livingafi.com/2014/01/21/how-to-live-in-corporate-prison/ Good luck!
401(k)s were always a wealth extraction vehicle for the wealthy, they just want a bigger cut now. A pension was an earned and guaranteed benefit. A 401(k) is a gamble for bootraps fetishists.
This is all about having a bigger pool of marks to be left holding the bag when the AI bubble pops. I think capital knows by now that regular retail investors aren’t going to buy the hype enough to buy them out right before the burst, so they need to force them to do so to make sure they keep their money. It’s the same bullshit that had SpaceX trying to get listed on the index funds, only bigger.
Pensions are invested in the market too, and sometimes badly managed and can fail or reduce benefits, and 401ks work fine, historically anyway with some knowledge, can’t know the future, but the wealthy like when it goes up too. Follow the early retirement formula 4% guide, index funds, don’t try market timing, when market is down and it’s payday the new shares are on sale, as retirement approaches adjust allocation if desired, or stay all VTI or VUG from early 20’s to retirement. I didn’t come up with this, got from Mr. Money Mustache, and he got from Boggleheads or whatever. This blog is good too https://livingafi.com/2014/01/21/how-to-live-in-corporate-prison/ Good luck!