Chapter 9
Optimizing Your Retirement with Third-Party Offerings
IN THIS CHAPTER
Improving your retirement plans
Analyzing your retirement plans using online tools
Seeing how fees can eat into your retirement
Knowing when to find a new IRA provider
You wouldn’t get a major operation without getting a second opinion. You probably wouldn’t even agree to a major car repair without first talking to another mechanic.
The principle of double-checking important decisions is called “trust but verify.” The same sound advice applies to retirement planning. Even if you think you’re happy with your retirement plan and trust the advice you get from your retirement plan provider, checking up on both is a good idea.
In this chapter, you find out how to get a second opinion. You don’t have to be a financial planner or mutual fund analyst anymore to pick apart your retirement plan and see if it’s worthwhile.
Fantastic online tools can help you examine your retirement account. You can analyze the fees you’re paying and determine whether they’re worthwhile. You also can discover how to study individual ...
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