Brush Up on Your IRA Education

In their continuing effort to help investors improve their financial knowledge, the Alliance for Investor Education (AIE), a nonprofit organization, has released it's collection of top online resources for IRA information.

Included on the list for general IRA information is the Employee Benefit Research Institute's choosetosave.org Web site and the Investment Company Institute's frequently asked questions page (www.ici.org/new/faqs_iras.html). For help in choosing an IRA, the AIE suggests PathtoInvesting.org. If you're looking for specific information about stretch IRAs, go to www.finra.org. Planning and investment information can be found at www.fpanc.org and www.investorprotection.org. To find out how your IRA affects your taxes, check out www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/iraalrt.shtm. For more information about AIE, visit their Web site at www.investoreducation.org.