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Pathfinder: IRAs
Resources for IRAs
Perhaps the most widely known personal retirement plan is the individual retirement arrangement (IRA). An IRA may be either an individual retirement account you establish with a financial services company, such as a bank, brokerage firm, or mutual fund company of your choice, or an individual retirement annuity that’s available through an insurance company. Certain retirement plans, including a simplified employee pension (SEP) and a SIMPLE may be set up as IRAs, though they operate a little differently from those you set up yourself. There’s more about them in the “Small Plans” section below and in IRS Publication 590.
The following resources are all available free online, or through SELCO libraries. Ask your local librarian if you have further research needs.
Subject Headings in the catalog
• Individual retirement accounts
• Finance, Personal
Books
Alter, Murray ed. Roth IRA Book: An Investor's Guide: Including a Personal Interview with Senator William V. Roth, Jr. (R-De), Chairman, U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Bernardsville, NJ: Digiqual Inc., 1998.
• Orman, Suze. Ask Suze... About Planning for Your Future. New York: Riverhead Books, 2000.
O'Shaughnessy, James. How to Retire Rich: Time-Tested Strategies to Beat the Market and Retire in Style. New York: Broadway Books, 1998.
Salisbury, Dallas and Marc Robinson. IRA and 401(k) Investing. New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 2000.
Thomas, Kaye A. Fairmark Guide to the Roth IRA: Retirement Planning in Plain Language. Lisle, IL: Fairmark Press, 2004.
Trock, Gary R. The Roth IRA Made Simple. Griffith, IN: Conquest Publishing, 1998.
Websites
All Smart Investing links are available at http://www.delicious.com/smartinvesting
