how shall invest my 15k + u.s. dollars (minus 10% penalty..?

by Roth IRA Answer Gal on March 8, 2010

and minus state and fed taxes) from my old job? 1. don’t want to rollover to an ira as i rather take the bullet now from penalties and taxes. 2. thinkintg about doing the maximum on the roth ira for 2007. 3. and have long term investment in mind (3-5 years).
as far as the roth ira part, i would leave it there until retirement; but it’s the rest of the money that’s left over that i am concerned about….

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Bama 03.08.10 at 6:12 am

put the money down on a house

Pay off your debt

Put the money into your house (if you already own your own home outright)

kokopelli 03.08.10 at 6:12 am

Don’t plan on bailing out of a Roth IRA in 3-5 years unless you are at the retirement age where this is allowed without penalty. Otherwise you will be squandering a big chunk of your money on 10% penalties every few years, which makes NO sense at all. You will end up losing like crazy. This is not the way to use IRAs.

Dean * 03.08.10 at 6:12 am

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