Roth IRA vs 401k

Depends on your income


What kind of company doesn't match any contributions? That sucks

Without knowing anything about your income, typically its beneficial to contribute to a Roth when you are younger because you'll be in a higher tax bracket when you get older. There are income limits and phase-outs.

I'd recommend to stop contributing to the company 401(k) if there is no match. I'd contribute the max allowed to a Roth IRA and then any amount you'd wish to save for retirement, put it in your company 401(k)

Any type of IRA is superior to a 401K EXCEPT that you can put a lot more money into a 401K. You have a lot more options with an IRA; 401Ks are basically tied to the mutual fund industry. Mutual funds are basically honest, but many hedge funds are not...the crooked hedge funds were aided in their theft of billions from the nation's retirement during the stock market crash by 401K dollars being tied to mutual funds and the inability of the individual investor to short or move his money quickly.
I like Roth better than tax deferred, but that's probably because I have about 20x the funds in a tax deferred.

Not trying to hijack but since the OP has a 401K that is not matched, if he had one that was matched, would you max out the 401k 1st then go to roth?

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if he had one that was matched, would you max out the 401k 1st then go to roth?

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Max out up to the match. Regardless of the better investment options in a Roth, you aren't going to find an investment that has a return that is better than an instant 100%.

Key thing to to just Max out the match, always


Then you can go back to funding your Roth IRA

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but many hedge funds are not...the crooked hedge funds were aided in their theft of billions from the nation's retirement during the stock market crash by 401K dollars being tied to mutual funds and the inability of the individual investor to short or move his money quickly.

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Pretty slippery slope you had to slide down there to get all the way to "theft". Hope your arse isn't chapped anymore than it already was before.