401K Participants with Professional Investment Help Outperformed Those Who Did Without
Individual 401K participants who sought third party professional investment advice experienced nearly 3% (2.92%) better returns over a five year period spanning 2006 to 2010, net of fees, according to the report Help in Defined Contribution Plans: 2006 through 2010 from Aon Hewitt and Financial Engines. Considering this period includes the economic recession of 2008 these are impressive results and should not be ignored.
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