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401k Rollover Options :
- Roll your 401k over into a personal retirement account
(IRA)
- Leave your 401k with your current employer
- Rollover all or a portion of your 401k to your
new employer
- Take a full or partial withdrawal
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Roll
your 401k over into a personal retirement account (IRA).
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- Advantages
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Gain full control of your retirement
plan |
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Gain full control of your investment
options |
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Access to fully customizable asset
allocation models |
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Easy and inexpensive access to professional
investment advice |
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Flexibility in executing your decisions |
- Disadvantages
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Leave
your 401k with your current employer: Rules and limitations
apply depending on your employers specific retirement
savings plan rules. |
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- Advantages
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Convenience |
- Disadvantages
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Current employer retains control
over your investment options. |
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You may not have access to the investment
vehicles appropriate for you. |
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Limited access to professional investment
advice. |
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Roll over all
or a portion of your 401k to your new employer.
Rules and limitations apply depending on your new
employers specific retirement savings plan rules. |
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- Advantages
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None |
- Disadvantages
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New employer gains control over your
investment options. |
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You may not have access to the investment
vehicles appropriate for you. |
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Limited access to professional investment
advice. |
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Continues circle of having to roll
over accounts as you change jobs. |
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Take a full
or partial withdrawal with the check payable to
you. Beware of withdrawing money from your retirement
savings plan account because you will owe current
income taxes on the eligible portion of your withdrawal.
In addition, if you take the withdrawal before age
59 1/2, you may also owe an additional 10 percent
early withdrawal penalty. |
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- Advantages
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Instant access to a small portion
of your funds. |
- Disadvantages
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Taxes are payable, either 20 % instantly
through withholding or Income taxes. |
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10 % penalty tax will apply to most
withdrawals before age 59 ½ |
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Your financial independence might
be in jeopardy. |
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