In Your Prime ———
In Your Prime ———
Right now is a good time to really enjoy yourself, right?
Perhaps, or perhaps not. Entering peak earning years doesn’t mean entering your peak spending years. You have more options than ever, and likely less time to go through them. This is where a trusted partner can help you stay on track and answer complicated questions about your specific situation.
Morgia has experience helping clients make appropriate decisions for reaching their goals and planning for market volatility. We also help evaluate financial decisions, like large purchases or saving for education costs.
Vested means that you are entitled to the contributions that have been saved in your account. An employee is always 100% vested in their own contributions, but may have to be employed a certain amount of years until they are vested in their employer’s contributions.
It is a fee that covers the annual operating expenses of a mutual fund. It covers compensation for fund managers, administrative costs, and marketing costs. Most plans will show you the amount deducted in your annual end of year statement.
Most investment options include mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). If you like a particular stock you will need to do some research to see what fund holds the specific stocks in them that you are interested in.
The expense ratios could be higher than normal or the lineup does not offer a diverse menu of funds. Your investment options should include Target Date Funds, Large, Mid and Small Cap Funds, International Funds, Index Funds, Real Estate Funds, Bond Funds, and a Money Market Fund.
Every employer’s retirement plan has details on how to withdraw money from your retirement account. The plan document will provide you with the ways you can access your funds. The most common ways are taking a loan, hardship withdrawals, and in-service distributions.