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IRA ASAP!!! - space-time - 03-14-2018
I found out that wife needs to open an IRA and put in $5500 to lower the tax bill
. I cannot do that since I already have a 401(k). She will also have a 401(k) soon so next year she will not be able to make IRA contributions.Questions: do we chose Schwab, or go with Vanguard which also handles the 401(k) accounts? Most likely we won't be making frequent trades, we will probably buy a mutual fund such as Vanguard and leave it there for 10-15-20 years.
Thanks
Re: IRA ASAP!!! - clay - 03-14-2018
vanguard if you like their options.
Re: IRA ASAP!!! - Ombligo - 03-14-2018
Vanguard Mutual Fund.
Re: IRA ASAP!!! - mattkime - 03-14-2018
Go with Vanguard. Pick a target date fund if you don't want to think about where your money is.
>I cannot do that since I already have a 401(k).
Meaning you don't have the funds? You can certainly put money into both.
Re: IRA ASAP!!! - Acer - 03-14-2018
FYI, in the future you can still make individual IRA contributions even if you have an employer's 401(k).
I opened up a Vanguard for an individual IRA in addition to my employer's 401k provider (not Vanguard), but really only out of curiosity, a chance to compare and a little bit of not-all-eggs-in-one-basket superstition.
Re: IRA ASAP!!! - TLB - 03-14-2018
I have a Vanguard Target IRA fund and like its performance.
Re: IRA ASAP!!! - pdq - 03-14-2018
Totally unscientific and unsupported, but I think Vanguard generally has pretty good funds. You can probably (maybe) buy them at Schwab too, but if you already have the 401(k) at Vanguard, that's what I'd do.
Re: IRA ASAP!!! - space-time - 03-14-2018
Acer wrote:
FYI, in the future you can still make individual IRA contributions even if you have an employer's 401(k).
...
I know, but with both of us working now, we hit the limit. Yes, I can make IRA contributions, but it will not be tax deductible. So I might as well put it in a normal stock account, at least I could withdraw whenever I wanted. Am I missing something?
Re: IRA ASAP!!! - pdq - 03-14-2018
space-time wrote:
[quote=Acer]
FYI, in the future you can still make individual IRA contributions even if you have an employer's 401(k).
...
I know, but with both of us working now, we hit the limit. Yes, I can make IRA contributions, but it will not be tax deductible. So I might as well put it in a normal stock account, at least I could withdraw whenever I wanted. Am I missing something?
The only thing that you might be missing there (and I may be wrong - not an accountant) is that that money in an IRA would earn dividends and such tax free.
Re: IRA ASAP!!! - pRICE cUBE - 03-14-2018
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