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Originally Posted by Code510
I do realize that my question was kind of like "What's the best shade of blue?" haha.
That is really smart though, putting your money across multiple channels. For me personally, I have a house and its currently being rented out. For the last two years, that has been my "retirement" fund. I'd actually like to get more houses and rent them out, as I like tangible assets.
On top of that, I've been focusing on becoming debt free. I'm getting close to that(minus the mortgage payments). Now that I have some extra money available, I'd like to start investing some of that into some sort of Roth IRA.
I'll have to start reading all these pages and teaching myself.
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Welcome to the club. Good luck to you too. I have Vanguard for my Roth and Fidelity for company match 401k. I prefer the way Fidelity has their website laid out. I know Greg has said he likes his Schwab account and the tools available to him on the website. So you might want to check out the different company's websites and see which one you like best. The various discount brokerage houses are or should offer Roth IRA accounts with low costs. You can choose your own stocks like I have done or put it into a targeted retirement account which will adjust the risk level through the years as you near retirement age. There's a lot out there so be sure to read and ask questions. You'll quickly learn what you're interested in and what your risk level is going forward. This will help you concentrate on what matters and help keep you from being overwhelmed as the options.