401(k)

9 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 20, 2025 by Kevin Busque · across every show →

Everything said about 401(k), oldest first

Feb 20, 2025
Assertion Supported
Busque: 401(k)s are the second most requested employee benefit after healthcare
“And for one K is one of those sleepy industries that you don't realize, but it's the second most requested benefit next to healthcare.”
Kevin Busque Feb 20, 2025 ▶ 1:17:57 Inside Guideline's mission to modernize 401(k)s | Kevin Busque (Co-founder and CEO)
Feb 20, 2025 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Busque: Average 401(k) asset-based fees have dropped to 80-90 basis points
“It's not that way anymore. And I think guideline had a lot to do with that. But that industry average has come way down. It's now maybe like 80 basis points, 90 basis points or something like that, just fee compression over time.”
Kevin Busque Feb 20, 2025 ▶ 20:06 Inside Guideline's mission to modernize 401(k)s | Kevin Busque (Co-founder and CEO)
Feb 20, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Busque: 65% to 70% of 401(k) participants don't know they pay fees
“It's like, 65, 70% of people don't understand they're paying asset-based fees in their for one K. No idea.”
Kevin Busque Feb 20, 2025 ▶ 16:53 Inside Guideline's mission to modernize 401(k)s | Kevin Busque (Co-founder and CEO)
Feb 20, 2025
Insight
Busque: 401(k) startups cannot run beta tests due to IRS regulations
“There is no beta at guideline because you can't sign up for a Free for one K like the IRS does not care. Like promise you that like you better be licensed day one.”
Kevin Busque Feb 20, 2025 ▶ 41:55 Inside Guideline's mission to modernize 401(k)s | Kevin Busque (Co-founder and CEO)
Feb 20, 2025
Disclosure
Busque: Guideline's first product was a 401(k) fee estimator lookup tool
“Early on, our very first product wasn't for one K wasn't guideline. It was really just surfacing these fees to the people that were already participating in a for one K. So we built this tool so you could look up your for one K. And we would give you an estima…”
Kevin Busque Feb 20, 2025 ▶ 24:36 Inside Guideline's mission to modernize 401(k)s | Kevin Busque (Co-founder and CEO)
Feb 20, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Busque: 76% of US investors first learn to invest via 401(k)s
“I think the stat is 76% of all investors in the United States first learn to invest in their for one K”
Kevin Busque Feb 20, 2025 ▶ 48:24 Inside Guideline's mission to modernize 401(k)s | Kevin Busque (Co-founder and CEO)
Feb 20, 2025 negative
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Busque: TaskRabbit's early 401(k) asset-based fees reached 1.67%
“So in the end, the asset base fee for task rabbit early on was 1.67% or 167 basis points.”
Kevin Busque Feb 20, 2025 ▶ 19:44 Inside Guideline's mission to modernize 401(k)s | Kevin Busque (Co-founder and CEO)
Feb 20, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Busque: 1.6% 401(k) fees cost individuals up to $600K over 20 years
“Like take it to an individual and show them how much money they're losing over the next 20 years just by paying those fees. And it's a large sum of money. Some of it is 400 to 600,000 dollars. The difference between 1.6% and eight basis points. It's a ton of m…”
Kevin Busque Feb 20, 2025 ▶ 25:22 Inside Guideline's mission to modernize 401(k)s | Kevin Busque (Co-founder and CEO)
Feb 20, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Busque: 100% of Guideline's 401(k) plans require automatic enrollment
“Today. A hundred percent of our plans are auto enrolled. So we don't have anybody that's opted out. If you don't want auto enrollment, you don't get a guideline plan.”
Kevin Busque Feb 20, 2025 ▶ 48:32 Inside Guideline's mission to modernize 401(k)s | Kevin Busque (Co-founder and CEO)
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