Victory From Debt and Investing for the Future

This is a short list of some of the companies that allow you to invest in multiple types of accounts and a comparison of them: Company Name Annual Cost Stock Trading Fee Mutual Funds Trading Current Special Features Opening Requirement1 TD Ameritrade 0 $6.95 No-Transaction-Fee (NTF): No commx No-Load: $49.99 Load: No commission Free trades for 60 days with $3000 initial Real-Time Streaming Recommended $3000 but not required. Fidelity 0 $7.95 $0 for Fidelity funds & hundreds of other funds with NTF Others: $49.95 $2,500 Vanguard $20 waived if signed up for e-delivery First 25: $7 After 25: $20 $0 for Vanguard funds and hundreds of other funds with NTF Standard: $35 Vanguard avg expense: 0.19%. Industry avg expense: 1.03% Vanguard funds generally have $1000 or $3000 initial buy in E*Trade $0 $9.99 2500+ funds with no transaction fees Standard: ? Free trades for 60 days with $10,000 initial investment -$25 fee on retirement withdrawals if under 59.5 -Real-Time Streami...

The two main questions will be how long and how much?  Also depending on how open you want to be I recommend being out of debt or close (not counting your house). Best financial advise is when you have help looking at the full picture.  Debt, income, retirement funds and goals. Budgeting will help you invest more.   INVESTMENT CHOICES: (general info skip if you understand them already)      ROTHS  are ideal. Dave Ramsey highly recommends them.  However how long you plan to hold comes into effect. ROTH rules to know: Contributions: Tax free in /tax free out - An investor can take out the exact amount of his or her Roth IRA contributions at any time, for any reason without having to pay any tax or penalty.  Earnings are different! Earnings:  ideally need to stay in for five years.  If needed before 5 years paying for college or first home purchase.  No penalty but would be subject to normal tax bracket. If needed ...