Darrell,
Contact your benefits department and ask them for the guidelines for enrolling in the company 401k. Some plans require new employees to fullfill a waiting period.
Good Luck!
Dan Chen
Do you know your account custodian? Or the company that set it up for you (the advisor firm)? If so, call them and ask. If not, call your HR department and have them give you the information of the third party administrator,
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Jim,
No one can be sure if Facebook will be the next Microsoft or Novell. There is one thing for certain, there is a lot more risk in individual securities, than in a diversified basket of securities like the S&P 500
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