re: muni and corporate bonds?

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if you are looking for safety and want to get more yield than cash I could see putting some money in short term high quality munis in an IRA.

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That's still not a good reason. The interest on a muni is tax-free to start with, it doesn't matter what the rate is.

As I pointed out, there can be one reason, namely if it is a high-risk muni like Detroit's - because if you get lucky and have large capital gains that is not tax-free unless it's in the Roth.

You don't want your safe stuff in the Roth, you want the risky stuff there.