401(k) matches, job changes, and catching up later in life — the retirement questions that actually come up.
Retirement planning tends to feel abstract until a specific decision forces the issue — your employer offers a match and you're not sure you're getting all of it, you're switching jobs and don't know what happens to your old 401(k), or you're in your 40s or 50s realizing you started later than you'd like. This section is built around exactly those moments. It covers how to check whether you're capturing your full employer match instead of quietly leaving part of your salary on the table, the practical differences between Roth and Traditional contributions and how to choose between them, what your realistic options are when you leave a job, and how to make meaningful progress on retirement savings without a dramatic, unrealistic overhaul of your budget.
The core difference between Roth and Traditional 401(k) contributions, and a simple way to decide between them.
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