It was 2016 when I first learned what a Roth IRA was. I opened one immediately and committed to maxing it out -- $5,500 that first year. Since then, I've repeated the max contributions every year. In ...

Image source: Getty Images I was late to the Roth IRA game. But once I figured out what one was, I opened an account and never looked back. That was 2017. The contribution limit back then was $5,500 a ...

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