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Your 401(k) is your biggest asset. You've never actually evaluated it.
Most people pick funds when they enroll and never look again. 401(k) Compass scores yours through five investment philosophies — and the experts you actually trust — in under five minutes.
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The set-and-forget tax
You set up your 401(k) when you started this job.
You picked some funds that sounded right. You haven't really looked since.
You're not alone. Most people do exactly the same thing. But those funds have been quietly compounding, or quietly bleeding, for years.
It's not a willpower problem. It's a clarity problem.
don't know what funds they're even invested in.
CNBC / SurveyMonkey · 1,673 participantsOnly on 401(k) Compass
Score your 401(k) with the experts you actually trust.
Every other 401(k) tool gives you one black-box answer. We let you plug in the people you actually follow — a Substack writer, a podcast, a YouTube breakdown, a Bogleheads forum post — and their perspective directly shapes your fund scores. No other tool does this.
The independent analyst you already read
Bring their take on index investing into your scoring.
Your favorite financial show
Episodes become inputs that influence which funds rank highest.
Bogleheads community wisdom
Thread-tested advice from the people who actually know.
How it works
Three steps to clarity. Five minutes total.
Upload your funds
Drop your 401(k) fund fact sheets as PDFs. We extract every data point automatically.
Set your preferences
Tell us your age, retirement year, and risk tolerance. We calibrate everything to you.
Get your rankings
Receive ranked, scored recommendations with consensus insights across all five philosophies.
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