From: BreadWithSpam@fractious.net
Newsgroups: misc.invest.financial-plan
Subject: Conventional Wisdom on 401k (Re: Question on bond fund)
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:24:36 CST
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"Elle"  writes:

> Are you following the conventional wisdom about how much to put into a
> 401(k)? Namely, only up to that which your employer matches?

I don't think I'd call that the "conventional wisdom".

If anything, it'd be *at least* up to that which your employer
matches.

The question after the employer match is complicated only
a little if one qualifies to contribute to a Roth IRA.  Even
then, though, it's not obvious, nor "conventional wisdom"
that it'd be better to put money in a Roth instead of 
maximizing the 401k first.


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