if you opened a roth ira back in 2003 with $300 what do you think it should

$300

$302.50

It depends on what your roth was invested in. Was it a money market like account. Bonds. One stock. Like a mutual fund. Aggressive small cap????

I opened a roth back in college with my tax refund and completely forgot about it. (i may or may not have been drinking a lot then).

Anyway, Ive got a retirement fund through my old job I need to roll over into something because I dont work there anymore and I remembered my roth.

I called and found out the balance was $306

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I called and found out the balance was $306

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Damn, what did you invest in? HDDVD?

I was young and stupid back then and knew nothing about what to invest in. I actually did nothing and didn't know I could chose my investments.

Anyway I need to roll this roth and my other fund into something different. My roth is with Hr block and I want to move it elsewhere.

im pretty sure that is exactly what happened. needless to say I will be looking to move both accounts to something new and will be doing my research for a while. my work retirement money isnt able to be removed from the current position until next year.

I have none

The 300 is with hr block. The larger one is a profit sharing plan from my former employer through Merrill lynch

Simply sticking it in an S&P 500 index fund would've more than doubled your money. I can't imagine what you had it in to collect such a tiny return.