Retirement Plan Notes
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Presenter: Jim Price
Date: 6 Mar 2012
- Charges on investments
- Class A: 4.75% per deposit -> 1% charge per year
- C Shares: 0.0% per deposit -> 1.13% charge per year
- Simple IRA: $60 lifetime fee, Free Geek pays for
- Can have account even after leaving Free Geek
- 10% penalty on withdraws from IRA until you're 59.5 years old
- Exceptions do exist (e.g., First-time home buyers)
- Mutual Fund
- Bonds
- Lending your money to government or company and they pay it back with interest
- Stock
- Piece of ownership in a company
- How to start up
- FREE GEEK
- Talk to Richard Seymour, Mark Kille to set up retirement accounts
- First Tech Federal Credit Union
- Jim Price will offer financial advice and consultation
- Calvert Investments (Mutual Fund Company)
- Takes out nuclear, fire, and tobacco companies; reviews company practices
- Raymond James Broker Dealer
- Addison Avenue
Free Geek will match up to 3% of your gross income invested into the account Rate of Return: No guarantee, investment in mutual funds
Historically, savings have kept up with inflations rates Recently not so much. Investment better keeps up with inflation
Blended funds == Split between Investments and Savings Diversify your assets and your risks
Global water fund (Good potential, says Jim) Alternative energy fund (no good potential yet)
You will need to report to the IRS on money you take out of your IRA
- Keep track of what you withdraw, and what you spent it on (reciepts!)
- If you quit Free Geek,
- No more matches
- Simple IRA -> Traditional IRA
- Or, move into a different company
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