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Buck Hartzell

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
219 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

I think that's a great place to start on finding out who do you talk to to make changes.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

And then the last question would be like, if I have suggestions or if I have changes, who do I send those to?

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

Yeah, and I would say there are some things that I'm very much against.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

You know this over the years, and those are recurring fees, like charged as a portion of your assets under management.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

We have had in the past a time where we had a small fee for a self-directed brokerage account where you could buy those individual stocks or bonds or whatever you wanted to buy.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

And as you know, Robert, that drove me crazy, like just a little bit.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

I think it was five basis points, but I'm like, it was.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

not something we should be paying.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

And every quarter I would bring that up.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

We eventually got that eliminated, right?

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

So that's great now.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

And people can just go in just like any other brokerage and buy whatever they want to do.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

So I would say, I would hope that most plans don't have that, but to the extent that you find that there are features within a plan that charge additional portion of assets under management, I would push back on those.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

Yeah, I mean, I would say your heroes in life are important, right, Robert?

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

Whether that's in your 401K, sports, or just in life.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

And I would say, go check out those companies that you really admire.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

Go check out the 11K.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

Find out what they're doing in their 401Ks.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

If you're a person that's responsible for human resources at a company, check out those companies you keep losing out to.

Motley Fool Money
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving

If you're interviewing great employees and they're choosing to go to other people within your industry, find out what they're offering because this is a huge tool and