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That's a traditional IRA. Roth deposits are made with after tax money. Roth withdrawals are tax free.

That's typical, but when interest rates are low you might expect the small caps of the S fund to outperform, and if the dollar is falling the I-fund might outperform. That's a generalization but...

Dollar cost averaging is a good plan, as Birchtree says, but it works best with a buy and hold strategy, not a market timing strategy.

Timing the market is difficult, even for those who watch...