Companies That Cut 401(k) Matches During the Last Recession

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The stock market loses much of its attractiveness as an investment if you only invest in it when times are good. Most of your gains will result from investments made when times were bad and the stock market is down. Ironically, these ideal times for investing are precisely the years in which employers are suspending their company matches.

fsilber of TN 12:56PM December 22, 2008

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