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Ramit From IWillTeachYOuToBeRich Is A Roth IRA Fan - Should Every Beginner Investor Be A Roth IRA Fan Too

Posted on the May 26th, 2009 under Beginning Investment Strategy, Mutual Funds, Roth IRA by Jeff the late investor

I find it interesting that Ramit Sethi from http://IWillTeachYOuToBeRich.com/blog/ so prominently mentions that the first thing he does with his monthly paychecks is
1) Automatically deposit into his 401k fund
2) Deposit money into his Roth IRA fund.

Based on what I’ve read from Ramit, this is a guy that really knows his stuff when it comes to personal finance and personal investing. So when, in his post Automating your money — especially entrepreneurs and freelancers , I see him so strongly advocating automatic contributions to Roth IRA funds, it makes me even more inclined to make my beginning investments into a Roth IRA. I still haven’t actually made any investments yet, that should come by the end of this week. I’m not 100% confident inn my understanding of what all is involved in learning how to invest, and as a beginner investor (and a late investor of course), I want to be totally comfortable with what little money I can afford to invest.

Why Don’t More Companies Do What Vanguard Mutual Funds Website Does

Posted on the May 24th, 2009 under Investing Online, Mutual Funds by Jeff the late investor

Vanguard, which according to Investing Online For Dummies, is the world’s largest Index mutual fund. I’m not in the book far enough to know what that actually means, but they do reference this site, and it’s creator, John Bogle several tmes in the first few chapters of Investing Online For Dummies.
On the Vanguard website, they do something that I wish more sites and online brokerages would do - they offer a widget that lets you change values and see results in terms of dollars. In this case, it’s a sliding widget that shows potential savings by investing in the Vanguard mutual fund. It’s marketing, usre, and may not be entirely accurate - but it just goes to show they understand their market - the hands-on personal investor. Or in mycase, someone whos hesitant about any investment, and wants something tangible and hands-on to let me use their site without actually signing up or even inputting my contact information. Just thought I would mention this - something to learn from if you’re a bsuiness owner with a website.