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Old 11-02-2005, 03:52 PM
Shilly Shilly is offline
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Default Re: When you have more money than you need

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If you're college age, then investing in a Roth IRA right now is a great idea. I think the max contribution is $8,000

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I started one this summer, but could only dump 4k into it. I think they're raising the limit to 5k next year, so you could dump 9k into it in the next two months. You also made an excellent point that the money is already taxed when you load it, so you'll be getting tons of money tax-free when you withdraw funds at retirement. Although I haven't even come close to making as much money as some people here, all of it is expendable, which means I'll be in a low tax bracket but still able to make sizable investments.
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