The recent financial devastation coupled with 401k's becoming the new pension plan point very clearly (in my opinion) to the need for control. Control your 401k, don't let it control you.

Max out not merely your contributions to it, but max out it's performance using a disciplined and consistent approach that includes market timing, watching where the institutional money is flowing, knowing your level of risk tolerance, and understanding the news that affects your 401k.

There are four separate entities that can be viewed separately or together on the Maximize blog: Investment advise, market timing, news and comments, stock chart.

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