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Given the relatively low cap on IRA contributions, it's not directly an issue of income, but rather your access to high-return investments like early-stage stoc

• TuringNYC 5y ago
  401ks can be rolled into IRAs, which people do to avoid poorly-chosen high-fee ETFs often found in 401k plans. For example, my employer's plan had 0.5% annual fee index funds when the same could be found for 0.05%. 401k limits are ~20k/yr -- about 10% of your pre-tax if you are maxing out on a 200k SWE TC (or much less given an employer match). Easily, your 401k (and rolled over IRA) can reach 200k (20k x 10) in a decade with no growth, and much more with growth. At that point, this bill is relevant -- do you really want all your holdings in public stock that gyrate wildly in value every 7yrs?
  • chrisjc 5y ago
    401k limits are about $58k per year... You can only personally contribute up to about $20k per year. There are ways to take advantage of the difference such as employer matching and after-tax traditional 401ks (and instantly convert to Roth money). This is also a way of contributing to a Roth (IRA?) if you don't qualify for a regular Roth IRA (make too much money) or want to contribute more than the $6k limit per year.