Mike J.
If Troweprice is a quality investment firm, I am a brain surgeon.
I have had a 401K since it was established I think. I worked with multiple comanies who managed my funds and never had a problem. Then, my previous employer moved 401 K to TRowePrice. What a trainwreck! I had my first statement 31 days late, had my investments piegon holed in CDs while the stock maket flourished. I was in the dark because my first statement was over a month late. Once I found out I was out of the market and losing money it took over seven weeks to get an answer as to what happened. And that only after contacting the CEO, and even then it took weeks and weeks to get the answer that they had sent a notice - the one I never received. It was like the "dog ate my homework". By my calculations I lost 100k because it was bumbled around and misappropriated into a completely different type of investment than I had ever had. It makes one wonder, when a major change in investment is made, should the owner not be required to approve it? It also begs the question, would we want our entire retirement exposed to the whims of some office flunkie to move it and send a notice, like the one I never received? I have ZERO respect for a company who take months to figure out an answer to a simple question. I posed the same question to my previous 401K managers - Merrill Lynch - I had answers in one hour, documents the following day, and a call from management two days later to follow up. Trowe Price looks like a JV team compared to Merill lynch. If I had not contacted the CEO I would have waited until after my retirement to get answers. Therfore I can recommend my lawn guy over Trowe price to manage assets. Bad enough they are less efficient than others, but the salt in the wound is that they really do not care. Since I do not get the respect that accompanies a prompt response, this is the first in a long series.



