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Uncover Your 401(k) Fees with This Secret Decoder Ring

Written by Mint.com
Published Jul 20, 2012
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If you are one of the 72 million Americans who belong to a 401(k) retirement plan, you are probably about to get your first plan statement with details about what the plan sponsors are charging you.

That’s good news, but simply providing you with the information doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll understand it. Fee disclosures may cover several pages of fine print, so the average employee needs the equivalent of a 401(k) Fee Secret Decoder Ring to figure out how much the fees amount to.

Read on to learn how to uncover your 401(k) fees…….