United Airlines 401K Flies Above the ETF Benchmark, But Below Kellogg

MyPlanIQ submits:AMR Corporation (AMR), through its subsidiaries, operates as a scheduled passenger airline in the United States. The company, through its principal subsidiary, American Airlines, Inc., provides scheduled airline service to approximately 160 destinations throughout North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

MyPlanIQ submits:In a recent article we noted that Morningstar offers an aggressive ETF retirement portfolio. This is the first of three portfolios -- the other two being conservative and moderate.

MyPlanIQ submits:As one of the gee-whiz high tech companies, Apple Inc. (AAPL) is well known for its innovative consumer products such as Macs, iPods, iPhones and iPads. It is also a known fact for many high tech workers in San Francisco Bay Area that Apple provides wonderful employee benefits.

MyPlanIQ submits:FedEx Corporation (FDX) provides transportation, e-commerce and business services in the United States and internationally. It operates in four segments: FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight and FedEx Services. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

MyPlanIQ submits:In a previous article we highlighted the well designed Morningstar (MORN) 401K plan. Morningstar's retirement 401k plan is a great example of building a plan.

MyPlanIQ submits:Income producing ETFs such as high yield stock ETFs and bond ETFs can be used to build a lower risk portfolio for retirement income producing purpose. Previously, we have shown that such portfolios can be built using strategic asset allocation (SAA) or tactical asset allocation (TAA) strategies in a plan called Retirement Income ETFs.

By MyPlanIQ:We wrote an article in January 2011 that reviewed the performance of the largest pension fund in the nation -- Calpers (California Public Employees' Retirement System). In the article, we compared its performance with that of a strategic asset allocation from California State University and Public Employees Savings Plus Plan.

By MyPlanIQ:Index Funds Advisors (IFA) has a list of model portfolios using comprehensive DFA (Dimensional Funds Advisors) funds for various risks. The model portfolios have a long history of performance. They are excellent lazy portfolio templates for index investors who prefer a buy and hold investing style.