MarketplaceCref Money MarketPosted on May 5, 2010. Is it OK to transfer retirement money from one fund to another when the market is down? I want to spend my money in fidelity 401k retirement account to my new TIAA-CREF. There are a number of factors here. Generally, you can roll over a retirement account before employers to a new employer or an IRA. The fact that the market is down is a totally different issue. The fact that the market has depreciated has little to do with what you should do. If you are closer to retirement, you probably want to go into investments that preserve more capital and less risk. If you're young, you can grant short-term risks and should continue to invest heavily. Young people are under 45, if you're in your mid to late 50s, you should be in safer investments. That's because you do not have time to recover losses that someone younger does. Simply move a trustee trustee. (TIAA-CREF will know what to do.) Yes, no, maybe so;) CommentsThere are no comments.Leave a Comment | Newest My Friends |