heebygeeby
Confused about dryer sheets
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2007
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Hey, everyone! I'm quite new to this place, but I've been browsing around, seeing what you guys have to say. Anyways, here's my question:
I have one semester of college left, and I recently opened a Roth IRA. After doing that, questions of all sorts started popping into my head. But the most prevalent one is: let's say our Roth IRA (or any retirement plan) does exceptionally well over, say, a 20 or 30 year period and we see early retirement as an option; however, because our money is essentially "locked up" in retirement accounts we can't exactly pull it out when we need it without stiff penalties. What do people do in this situation? Yes, I do know about the 72(t) option, but I'm not too fond of paying income taxes twice on my money, and I'd also like to hear what you guys have to say.
So, that leads me to another question about taxable accounts: seeing that I'm mostly interested in ETFs and index funds, many of which are quite tax efficient, would it make sense to start a taxable account filled with ETFs after maxing out our Roth [and 401(k)] if our goal IS early retirement?
Thanks!
I have one semester of college left, and I recently opened a Roth IRA. After doing that, questions of all sorts started popping into my head. But the most prevalent one is: let's say our Roth IRA (or any retirement plan) does exceptionally well over, say, a 20 or 30 year period and we see early retirement as an option; however, because our money is essentially "locked up" in retirement accounts we can't exactly pull it out when we need it without stiff penalties. What do people do in this situation? Yes, I do know about the 72(t) option, but I'm not too fond of paying income taxes twice on my money, and I'd also like to hear what you guys have to say.
So, that leads me to another question about taxable accounts: seeing that I'm mostly interested in ETFs and index funds, many of which are quite tax efficient, would it make sense to start a taxable account filled with ETFs after maxing out our Roth [and 401(k)] if our goal IS early retirement?
Thanks!