http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/11/25/roth-ira-conversion-in-a-down-market/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:39:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/11/25/roth-ira-conversion-in-a-down-market/comment-page-1/#comment-126867 nickel Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:39:35 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/11/25/roth-ira-conversion-in-a-down-market/#comment-126867 JACK: No, it won't. If you can't do a straight up conversion without selling the assets, you sell in Traditional IRA and re-buy the same thing in the Roth. JACK: No, it won’t. If you can’t do a straight up conversion without selling the assets, you sell in Traditional IRA and re-buy the same thing in the Roth.

]]> http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/11/25/roth-ira-conversion-in-a-down-market/comment-page-1/#comment-126866 JACK Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:54:30 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/11/25/roth-ira-conversion-in-a-down-market/#comment-126866 Of course, conversion (unless it is possible to do without the actual sale of your assets) will also lock in your losses. Of course, conversion (unless it is possible to do without the actual sale of your assets) will also lock in your losses.

]]> http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/11/25/roth-ira-conversion-in-a-down-market/comment-page-1/#comment-126852 Daniel Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:07:02 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/11/25/roth-ira-conversion-in-a-down-market/#comment-126852 Yep, I did that a few weeks ago, glad I did too! Yep, I did that a few weeks ago, glad I did too!

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