Information about your plan
Why we created the 401(k) store:
Is the potential of having $284,920 to $878,504 more in your 401(k) plan worth the time to read the short report below?
This is a hypothetical example and is not intended to predict or anticipate the performance of any specific investment.
Actual outcomes may differ materially from the expressed projections.
Why do I use 4% instead of 7%?
New ParagraphAccording to Dalbar’s “2015 Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior,” the average mutual fund investor has underperformed the market in all the time intervals that were examined, which ranged from one year to three decades. And the underperformance is astonishing. The study also found that in the 20-year period ending December 31, 2013, the average investor (in all varieties of mutual funds) only managed an average total return of about 2.5%. However, for illustrative purposes we are assuming that you are doing 58% better than the average investor.
According to DALBAR’s “20th Annual Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior 2014,”
Average return from 1994-2013 (20 years):
Average Equity
Fund Investor:
5.02%
Average Fixed
Income Investor:
0.71%
Average Asset
Allocation Investor:
2.53%
The average investor refers to the universe of all mutual fund investors whose actions and financial results are restated to represent a single investor. This approach allows the entire universe of mutual fund investors to be used as the statistical sample, ensuring ultimate reliability. The various interest rates are for illustrative purposes only. This is not a guarantee of future interest rates or financial return. This illustration assumes deposits are made at the beginning of each year. This illustration does not account for reduction for inflation and taxes. Taxes are due upon withdrawal from qualified retirement plans and IRA and there may be a 10% penalty for withdrawals prior to age 59 1/2.