If you're looking to maximize your retirement savings, here are several of the best Roth IRA accounts to consider:
Fidelity Investments. Charles Schwab. Merrill Edge.
Overall, the best investments for Roth IRAs are those that generate highly taxable income, be it dividends or interest, or short-term capital gains. Investments that offer significant long-term appreciation, like growth stocks, are also ideal for Roth IRAs.
2) This, too, isn't a fee, but you'll need enough money to buy whatever investments you want in your Roth IRA. Some mutual funds have a $1,000, or higher, minimum investment (though once you make that initial investment, generally you can add to your investment with smaller amounts -- as small as, say, $20).
Key Takeaways
Roth IRAs offer several key benefits, including tax-free growth, tax-free withdrawals in retirement, and no required minimum distributions. An obvious disadvantage is that you're contributing post-tax money, and that's a bigger hit on your current income.
A Roth IRA (Individual Retirement Arrangement) is a retirement savings account that allows you to pay taxes on the money you put into it up front. The growth in your Roth IRA and any withdrawals you make after age 59 1/2 are tax-free, as long as you've had the account more than five years.
The Roth IRA annual contribution limit is $6,000 in 2020 and 2021 ($7,000 if age 50 or older). If you open a Roth IRA and fund it with $6,000 each year for 10 years, and your investments earn 6% annually, you'll end up with about $79,000 by the end of the decade.
There is no limit on the number of IRAs you can have. You can even own multiples of the same kind of IRA, meaning you can have multiple Roth IRAs, SEP IRAs and traditional IRAs. That said, increasing your number of IRAs doesn't necessarily increase the amount you can contribute annually.
You're never too old to fund a Roth IRA. Opening a later-in-life Roth IRA means you don't have to worry about the early withdrawal penalty on earnings if you're 59½. No matter when you open a Roth IRA, you have to wait five years to withdraw the earnings tax-free.
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