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Just to be clear. I think Vanguard is pretty obviously the best place for --a retirement saver, as opposed to a trader --who wants to set up automatic investments --who prefers mutual funds to ETFs --who like Vanguard's mutual funds and intends to make them their core or only holdings. If you meet ...

Sounds like everyone recommends moving to Vanguard. Right now my Roth IRA account is at E-Trade.

Hello, This is probably a pretty basic question, but I'm 35 and just started a Roth IRA last year which I maxed out. I earn some monthly income from advertising that runs on a website I own, and I'd like to funnel this money into my Roth IRA. That'll cover about $3,600 a year of my max investment fo...

To reiterate what NYBoglehead mentioned, is there a reason why you are avoiding investing in the 401k? The fact that your employer doesn't match is a good reason to invest in the Roth IRA first, but not a reason (by itself) to invest in taxable accounts before the 401k. Is there some other reason y...

Scott, You can buy S&P 500 and Total Market Index ETFs (along with all the others, but the ERs are a little higher and we don't like to market time/pick winners) with Vanguard commission free if you'd rather not wait to accumulate the $3,000. That said, if you've got plenty large enough of an e...

Several Vanguard funds have a minimum of $3000 for the first investment but after that the subsequent investments are far lower, but that you have to look up on the Vanguard site for details. So, put the money into high yield FDIC insured (or similar) online bank accounts until you have $3000 and t...

Hello, I'm 35, a total novice investor and just getting to a point where I have extra cash to invest for retirement/future needs. I have no debt and plenty of money in an emergency fund. My employer doesn't match 401k funds, so I maxed out my Roth IRA this year (first year doing so). For now, I've p...