Thursday, August 19, 2010

What do you do when you start a new job and find out they do not have a 401k plan?

I have a 401k started from my previous job. I started a new job and they don%26#039;t offer that. How can I invest that or continue to save for retirement?|||What you can do is open up an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) with a financial instiution. You may want to consider rolling over you 401(k), your old employer may charge a fee if you keep it in there beyond a certain length in time. You can do all of this with the financial institution that you have your 401(k) set up with or you can open up an account at another institution as well, its really your preference.|||Set up a IRA with your bank|||roll it over to an IRA....just call the human resource from old job and your bank....don%26#039;t let anybody cut a check in your name.....that%26#039;s consider early withdrawal..|||you move money into ira%26#039;s either reg or roth or both!!!|||You can leave it where it is now or you can change it to a self directed IRA in a brokerage account. Any broker can set up an IRA account for you. You want to make sure that the funds are sent directly to your new account so that you don%26#039;t suffer any tax penalties.





Depending upon the mutual funds you have in your account you might have to liquidate the account into cash before you transfer the funds.|||If you like your choices with your 401K plan, then you can keep it there. Otherwise, you can create a rollover IRA with an investment firm that you can invest in stocks or ETFs.|||1.Roll over your old 401(k) to a self-directed IRA, either Traditional or Roth.


2.Have your paycheck direct deposited to your bank.


3. Have an automatic transfer set up from your bank account to your new IRA every payday.


That way you are not tempted to spend it before you can move the money to the IRA and since it is automatically transferred you don%26#039;t even have to worry about doing the transfer every payday.

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