Comments on: links for 2006-12-12 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/12/links-for-2006-12-12/ personal finance that makes cents Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:44:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ispf http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/12/links-for-2006-12-12/#comment-28454 ispf Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:06 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/12/links-for-2006-12-12/#comment-28454 Nice find, Thanks! It is very relevant to my blog (PF for international students and fresh grads) and I added a mention - I hope you dont mind. [...] Following links for 2006-12-12 posted by J.D. at www.getrichslowly.org, I came across this at USA Today on "Young and In Debt". [...] Nice find, Thanks! It is very relevant to my blog (PF for international students and fresh grads) and I added a mention - I hope you dont mind.

[...] Following links for 2006-12-12 posted by J.D. at http://www.getrichslowly.org, I came across this at USA Today on “Young and In Debt”. [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/12/links-for-2006-12-12/#comment-28394 Chris Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:26:40 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/12/links-for-2006-12-12/#comment-28394 I was a little put off by her reluctance to reccomend Roth IRAs. Roths are GREAT savings vehicles for young people. While the nature of an IRA is a retirement account, the Roth allows you so much flexibility that it's a great tool. The fact that you can cash out interest earned for things like house down payments etc., makes the Roth a good option in my book. And why in the world would she reccomend CDs when GE Interest Plus, ING, and other non brick and mortar online banking options I was a little put off by her reluctance to reccomend Roth IRAs. Roths are GREAT savings vehicles for young people. While the nature of an IRA is a retirement account, the Roth allows you so much flexibility that it’s a great tool. The fact that you can cash out interest earned for things like house down payments etc., makes the Roth a good option in my book. And why in the world would she reccomend CDs when GE Interest Plus, ING, and other non brick and mortar online banking options

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