[Venturer]

When Obama’s hyper inflation kicks in , what good will your 401K be anyway? He may as well just take it.

It isn’t earning any interest now.

[Pietro]

A 401K supplies unique protection against inflation in that it's tied to stock/bond performance.

Inflation would raise the price of stocks and so theoritically your 401K's "value" to rise also.

A fixed pension on the othetr hand would approach worthless in the event of hyper-inflation.