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I recently had a chance to talk to Mike Alfred. Back in 2003, he became an independent registered investment advisor. But over time, he realized there was a big void -- that is, in terms of useful information on the 401(k) market.

Could this be a big opportunity? Well, he wanted to find out. So, he helped to start a new online web service for 401(k)s: BrightScope. In fact, the company recently raised $2 million in capital from Steelpoint Capital Partners.

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I've got bad news for the 30,000 participants in Dell's (NASDAQ: DELL) $1.6 billion 401(k) plan. They're going to have to work another ten years to earn up to $202,000 in lost retirement savings, compared to the participants in the top-rated plan in its peer group.

Dell's plan isn't all that bad. It's about average.

It took me ten seconds to get this information. How did I do it?

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Check out your 401(k) in ten seconds originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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