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Personal Finance and Investing

bucolic_frolic

(56,069 posts)

1. Lots of research to do.

Reply to QED (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:35 PM

17 hrs ago

Know the policies and timing of the options available to you under that bank's 401k terms for your specific plan.

Know the rules of when 401k's are required to invest in the S&P 500 with Elmo added. I seem to have read something about it being 2 weeks or more after the IPO. Could even be end of quarter, I didn't pay close attention.

Ask the administrator about it, they're likely getting a lot of calls on the subject.

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How can I avoid my 401k participating in the SpaceX IPO? [View all] QED 17 hrs ago OP

Lots of research to do. bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #1

You can't because of "discretionary investment authority." You might try moving it to a self-directed in2herbs 17 hrs ago #2

I suspect not much you can really do, beyond..... lastlib 17 hrs ago #3

Credit Union guy said I don't have indexed funds. QED 16 hrs ago #4

What do you have? Fiendish Thingy 16 hrs ago #6

That's a bit of a generalization and not accurate in all cases bucolic_frolic 15 hrs ago #7

Mutual funds have much higher fees than ETF's.nt Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #8

Going all bonds would be a bad move, especially now Fiendish Thingy 16 hrs ago #5