If you have a 401(K), then find out your company's matching policy...contribute the max allowable to get the match.

Good for you for starting young. Please understand that mutual funds are intended to be long term investments. Trying to "time the market" is not a good idea. Morningstar does NOT li...

At age 59 1/2 you would have to pay only income taxes, at your current rate, for any money withdrawn from a 401k. Yes, you can roll the 401k money into any mutual fund IRA rollover account that yo...

There are 4 or 6 good mutual fund companies that have some excellent funds. Fidelity is one. T Rowe Price another. Vanguard a 3rd. American Century a 4th. Dodge & Cox just reopened a coupl...

IMO Dodge and Cox is a very good fund family. Look to keeping your expenses as low as possible. Make sure you can see av return over a 5+ year time frame. Make sure you'll be in the fund ...

If you're a teacher, do a TSCA and probably go with Vanguard funds. They have low expenses and have a wide variety to choose from.

Vanguard is a solid company to invest with. You can also open an account via a discount broker such as Charles Schwab (allows purchase of Vanguard funds). The difference is personal preference....

morningstar rates fidelity as quite a bit better in domestic stock, and bonds, and its one point behind in domestic stock, fidelity is a good no load fund company, low expenses, i would stick wi...

For research and interest on cash balances I like Fidelity. For low fees and simplicity I like TD Ameritrade. I do not have any experience with Vanguard. If you are going to invest in mutual...

One rollover option is to do an in-kind rollover of your assets. These means the assets are not liquidated but instead transferred to a new account. So long as you keep your IRA at Fidelity you c...

First, congratulations on starting to save for your retirement. The benefits will be amazing. The trick is time. The longer you contribute, the more dramatically your balance will increase. C...

You have lots of options. You can open Roth with any online broker or individual fund groups like Fidelity. Stay away from places like Fidelity because typically you can only invest in their fund...

If you plan to spend the money in less than five years, keep it where is safe and sound. If you want to use the money five or more years later, I suggest a stock index fund like Vanguard S&P 50...

Ordinary dividends are the most common type of distribution from a corporation. They are paid out of the earnings and profits of the corporation. Ordinary dividends are taxable as ordinary income u...

First of all, speak with a financial planner. If I recall correctly, when you're putting contributions into a 401k plan, that further limits your IRA to 3,000, which'd mean you'd hav...