0.6% return so far on 401k and Roth . Will it get any better ? I need to see10%

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What vehicle?

What time window?

over the past year? terrible.
over the last week?
2 months?

Every year won't be like 2013, chap.

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I have been investing for 20 years in a company 401k. I have built up a nice nest egg, but .6% isn't going to get me where I need to be in 20 years.

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Have you been getting 0.6% for the first 20 years? If so, you've definitely been doing it wrong.

If you got 0.6% for just the last month or so, chill. But we still need to know what your holdings are.

Here is where I am :
Eb dl non sl broad mkt. 16%
Jpmcb large cap growth. 13%
Vanguard equity 19%
Delaware small cap 9%
Prudential jennison small 4%
Artisan intl growth trust 22%
Pimco total 12%

put that shite in target retirement date fund and check back in 20 years

Hmm, you must be talking about YTD. I just looked up every fund you own and they all have had pretty good performance over the last few years. Except for PIMCO, which actually managed a negative return in 2013. Regardless, you should have seen a substantial annual return over the last few years.

If you're talking YTD, then you just have too high expectations. The market hasn't figured out what it wants to do yet this year.

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Will it get any better ?

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I usually invest my 401k in shell stock. I buy/sell dips and usually try and be in for 5% div....I've been doing this for 3 years and I have made 16% 21% 17% annually. U need a strategy

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Trying to time the market is not a strategy. Dollar cost averaging is a much sounder strategy.