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Originally Posted by captainofiron
What do you guys look for in 401k mutual funds?
My new employer has a pretty good number of funds we can select. My old job only had target date funds at decade intervals.
I looked at their charts, expense ratio, trailing returns and the percentages as far as stock/bonds/cash
Anything else I missed?
I selected 6 at 15% and 1 at 10%
they have different categories, like growth, income, bonds, growth/income, aggressive growth
I picked 3 out of the growth, and 4 out of aggressive growth
quite a few of the funds dont have a ticker, so I really didnt know how to research them
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Given that index funds have been shown to outperform actively managed funds I would have been tempted to stick with simple index funds. After that I would have gone with Vanguard funds if they are available. Their fees and expenses tend to be the lowest in my experience. I would not put any money into anything I can't research or track.
Don