Retirement

Roth Update

Hey, thanks to anonymous for the “wake up call” concerning my last post. I was hasty in opening the Roth with Sharebuilder, and have changed my plan to “basic” which has no monthly fee, and only costs 4 dollars a trade. Now, here is the trick. Sharebuilder only charges their annual fee once a year, in January or July, depending…

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Retirement

Roth Ira Set-Up

I bit the bullet, and set-up my Roth IRA. I am using Sharebuilder. They offer a pretty decent plan, the standard plan, of 12 bucks a month for 6 trades, and no extra fees. I will use this year to learn about the market, and will put 50 percent of my money in “safe” investments, and the other 50 percent…

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