WEBVTT 00:00:02.415 --> 00:00:04.83 GOVERNMENT IS DOING AND SETTING 00:00:04.84 --> 00:00:05.384 UP THE NEW TAX PLAN, IF THEY END 00:00:05.385 --> 00:00:06.652 UP SEEING THE MONEY COMING HOME 00:00:06.653 --> 00:00:08.854 IT HAS SERVED ITS PURPOSE. 00:00:08.855 --> 00:00:12.191 DAGEN: YOU MENTION 401(K) PLANS. 00:00:12.192 --> 00:00:14.960 WHEN YOU SAID THAT BEFORE THIS 00:00:14.961 --> 00:00:17.329 SEGMENT STARTED, 55 MILLION 00:00:17.330 --> 00:00:18.63 MILLION AMERICANS IN 401(K) 00:00:18.64 --> 00:00:21.133 PLANS, CLOSER TO 60 MILLION 00:00:21.134 --> 00:00:21.734 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING. 00:00:21.735 --> 00:00:22.568 MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICANS OVER 00:00:22.569 --> 00:00:23.402 THE AGE OF 30 CONNECTS YOU WITH 00:00:23.403 --> 00:00:26.171 FOUR OR ONE K. PLAN IS. 00:00:26.172 --> 00:00:28.741 ONLY ONE THIRD HAS ONE ACCORDING 00:00:28.742 --> 00:00:31.877 TO THE SURVEY DONE. 00:00:31.878 --> 00:00:33.178 ONE OF THE ISSUES WE TALK ABOUT 00:00:33.179 --> 00:00:35.614 ARE PEOPLE MISSING OUT ON THIS 00:00:35.615 --> 00:00:36.415 RALLY AND POLITICALLY YOU HEARD 00:00:36.416 --> 00:00:38.951 IT FROM JUAN WILLIAMS, PEOPLE 00:00:38.952 --> 00:00:40.552 ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE 00:00:40.553 --> 00:00:42.654 STOCK MARKET RALLY. 00:00:42.655 --> 00:00:44.356 DO YOU FEEL THAT IS THE CASE AND 00:00:44.357 --> 00:00:49.528 WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS? 00:00:49.529 --> 00:00:50.129 >> SMALL COMPANIES ARE 00:00:50.130 --> 00:00:52.498 RESPONSIBLE FOR GDP HERE IN THE 00:00:52.499 --> 00:00:52.765 U.S. 00:00:52.766 --> 00:00:53.532 NOT ALL SMALL COMPANIES HAVE 00:00:53.533 --> 00:00:56.68 RETIREMENT PLANS. 00:00:56.69 --> 00:00:56.835 FIRST AND FOREMOST IF THEY CAN 00:00:56.836 --> 00:00:58.337 GET BEHIND AND INCENTIVIZE 00:00:58.338 --> 00:01:01.473 COMPANIES TO ENCOURAGE AND START 00:01:01.474 --> 00:01:02.241 UP RETIREMENT PLANS THAT WOULD 00:01:02.242 --> 00:01:04.710 BE GREAT. 00:01:04.711 --> 00:01:08.13 NUMBER TWO THEY ARE THINKING 00:01:08.14 --> 00:01:14.253 ABOUT RETIREMENT. 00:01:14.254 --> 00:01:15.421 I SIT WITH THEM EVERY YEAR AND 00:01:15.422 --> 00:01:16.255 SAY WE'VE GOT A GENEROUS PROGRAM 00:01:16.256 --> 00:01:16.655 IN 401(K). 00:01:16.656 --> 00:01:19.792 PLEASE PARTICIPATE. 00:01:19.793 --> 00:01:23.395 IF YOU TAKE IT OUT OF YOUR 00:01:23.396 --> 00:01:23.862 PAYCHECK. 00:01:23.863 --> 00:01:24.797 WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB IN 00:01:24.798 --> 00:01:29.134 THE U.S. OF EDUCATING FIRST AND 00:01:29.135 --> 00:01:29.902 FOREMOST AND SECOND MAKING SURE 00:01:29.903 --> 00:01:32.237 PEOPLE STEP UP AND PARTICIPATE 00:01:32.238 --> 00:01:33.5 BECAUSE THE LITTLE GUY STARTED 00:01:33.6 --> 00:01:36.241 EARLY MEANS A LOT LATER. 00:01:36.242 --> 00:01:38.877 TRENDY SOMEONE WAS ADDED TO 00:01:38.878 --> 00:01:41.814 STAFF HERE AND I SAID HEALTH 00:01:41.815 --> 00:01:43.515 INSURANCE IS AWESOME, BUT YOU 00:01:43.516 --> 00:01:46.118 REALLY GOT A PARTICIPATE IN THE 00:01:46.119 --> 00:01:46.885 401(K) BECAUSE THE MATCH YOU GET 00:01:46.886 --> 00:01:48.353 FROM THE COMPANY IS FREE MONEY. 00:01:48.354 --> 00:01:51.657 IT IS A BONUS THAT YOU OTHERWISE 00:01:51.658 --> 00:01:55.828 WON'T GET UNLESS YOU PARTICIPATE 00:01:55.829 --> 00:01:57.729 >> IF YOU ARE OLDER, YOU DOESN'T 00:01:57.730 --> 00:01:59.431 MEAN IT'S TOO LATE. 00:01:59.432 --> 00:02:00.232 THEY BUMPED THE MAXIMUM YOU CAN 00:02:00.233 --> 00:02:03.702 PUT IN FROM 18,000 TO 18,500. 00:02:03.703 --> 00:02:06.171 DAGEN: THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY 00:02:06.172 --> 00:02:07.673 YOU COULD POTENTIALLY STOCK AWAY 00:02:07.674 --> 00:02:09.808 EVERY YEAR. 00:02:09.809 --> 00:02:17.549 THAT IS WHY I LOST MY MIND WHEN 00:02:17.550 --> 00:02:19.318 THE REPUBLICANS WERE THINKING 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:19.985 ABOUT TINKERING WITH THE 00:02:19.986 --> 00:02:21.320 CONTRIBUTION LIMITS TO 401(K) 00:02:21.321 --> 00:02:24.556 PLANS AND THEY HAVE SOME 00:02:24.557 --> 00:02:27.426 COCKAMAMIE REASON THAN THEY WERE 00:02:27.427 --> 00:02:29.361 LIKE WHY WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT 00:02:29.362 --> 00:02:29.862 THEM ON THE AIR? 00:02:29.863 --> 00:02:32.931 IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 00:02:32.932 --> 00:02:33.932 SOMEBODY WAS THINKING ABOUT IT. 00:02:33.933 --> 00:02:37.369 >> SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE 00:02:37.370 --> 00:02:38.3 ACCORDING TO THE LATEST 00:02:38.4 --> 00:02:38.804 STATISTICS AREN'T EVEN AWARE OF 00:02:38.805 --> 00:02:42.774 WHAT A 401(K) IS GOOD OLDER 00:02:42.775 --> 00:02:43.575 AMERICANS COME TO PRE-RETIREES, 00:02:43.576 --> 00:02:45.444 THIS IS THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER. 00:02:45.445 --> 00:02:47.946 THEY ARE VERY MUCH AWARE. 00:02:47.947 --> 00:02:48.881 I HADN'T LOOKED AT MANY MONTHS I 00:02:48.882 --> 00:02:49.715 LOOKED AT IT THE OTHER DAY AND I 00:02:49.716 --> 00:02:50.682 SAID WOW. 00:02:50.683 --> 00:02:51.216 BUT I'LL ASK YOU. 00:02:51.217 --> 00:02:52.885 I GOT A LITTLE SCARED. 00:02:52.886 --> 00:03:01.393 DO YOU KEEP THIS MONEY? 00:03:01.394 --> 00:03:02.294 >> YOU HAD THAT FEELING MEANS 00:03:02.295 --> 00:03:05.497 YOU ALLOCATED THE RIGHT WAY. 00:03:05.498 --> 00:03:06.331 UNFORTUNATELY, LET PEOPLE INVEST 00:03:06.332 --> 00:03:08.867 IN 401(K) PLANS DON'T ALLOCATED 00:03:08.868 --> 00:03:11.303 TO EQUITIES. 00:03:11.304 --> 00:03:12.137 THEY WORRIED ABOUT THE MARKET SO 00:03:12.138 --> 00:03:13.272 THEY'LL PUT IT IN A SHORT-TERM 00:03:13.273 --> 00:03:16.441 BOND FUND OR SOMETHING LIKE 00:03:16.442 --> 00:03:17.75 THAT. 00:03:17.76 --> 00:03:18.810 DAGEN: THE HEADLINES OVER AND 00:03:18.811 --> 00:03:21.446 OVER AGAIN THAT THE BOND BULL 00:03:21.447 --> 00:03:24.116 MARKET THAT ARE GOING ON FOR 00:03:24.117 --> 00:03:26.718 MORE THAN THREE DECADES IS OVER. 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:31.523 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT STOCKS, ARE 00:03:31.524 --> 00:03:33.992 YOU GOING TO PUT IT IN 00:03:33.993 --> 00:03:35.794 LONGER-TERM BOND? 00:03:35.795 --> 00:03:36.428 THOSE ARE ARGUABLY MORE 00:03:36.429 --> 00:03:40.365 OVERVALUED THAN STOCKS. 00:03:40.366 --> 00:03:42.701 >> THE EARLIER PARTS OF THE 00:03:42.702 --> 00:03:43.669 STOCK MARKET RUN WERE DRIVEN BY 00:03:43.670 --> 00:03:45.938 INSTITUTIONS BY THE CENTRAL 00:03:45.939 --> 00:03:46.872 BANKS THEMSELVES. 00:03:46.873 --> 00:03:49.508 ARE YOU SEEING MORE AND MORE 00:03:49.509 --> 00:03:50.409 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN 00:03:50.410 --> 00:03:50.709 THIS? 00:03:50.710 --> 00:03:53.946 IF SO, WHAT SIGNAL IS THAT? 00:03:53.947 --> 00:03:54.913 IS THAT THE LATE STAGES ARE THE 00:03:54.914 --> 00:03:57.816 MIDDLE STAGES? 00:03:57.817 --> 00:03:58.450 >> AS FAR AS INDIVIDUAL 00:03:58.451 --> 00:04:02.554 INVESTORS YET, THEY STILL 00:04:02.555 --> 00:04:03.288 REMEMBER THE FINANCIAL CRISIS 00:04:03.289 --> 00:04:05.457 AND HOW IT HAS BEEN PERSONALLY. 00:04:05.458 --> 00:04:08.193 HOWEVER THEY FEEL MORE 00:04:08.194 --> 00:04:09.127 CONFIDENT, BUT NOT THAT IT'S TOO 00:04:09.128 --> 00:04:12.497 RISKY AT THIS POINT. 00:04:12.498 --> 00:04:13.265 THEY FEEL MORE CONFIDENT MAYBE 00:04:13.266 --> 00:04:16.802 BUYING A CAR FOR THE FIRST TIME 00:04:16.803 --> 00:04:17.869 OR HIRING THAT EXTRA EMPLOYEE 00:04:17.870 --> 00:04:18.670 THEY HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT HIRING 00:04:18.671 --> 00:04:19.204 IN A WHILE. 00:04:19.205 --> 00:04:22.641 SO THAT IS GOOD. 00:04:22.642 --> 00:04:23.442 THE KEY IS MAKING SURE AT THIS 00:04:23.443 --> 00:04:26.845 POINT IN TIME WHEN YOU FEEL 00:04:26.846 --> 00:04:27.846 GOOD, CUT DOWN ON DECK, AND GET 00:04:27.847 --> 00:04:31.917 RETIREMENT SQUARED AWAY IN 00:04:31.918 --> 00:04:32.784 REGARDING ALLOCATION, 00:04:32.785 --> 00:04:33.518 PARTICIPATE IF YOU GO THROUGH 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:35.53 THE WHOLE PROCESS BEEN A PART OF 00:04:35.54 --> 00:04:38.256 IT, INVEST FOR THE LONG TERM. 00:04:38.257 --> 00:04:39.24 TRAIN TO IOWA TO SAY THIS, IF 00:04:39.25 --> 00:04:40.959 YOU OWN STOCKS FROM YOU ON A 00:04:40.960 --> 00:04:43.261 PIECE OF THE CORPORATION IN THE 00:04:43.262 --> 00:04:49.602 GREAT AMERICAN COMPANY.