Can I roll an old ira into....

[Tuckerman]

Shares of Google some how, without paying taxes?

[irul&ublo]

No. You have to roll into an IRA. Find an IRA plan that lets you buy shares of individual stocks.

[Benny Profane]

Yes, as long as it remains an IRA. You can invest in many things within an IRA, including physical gold and teal estate.

[irul&ublo]

...teal estate.

Stuff that's got a blue/green color?

[Benny Profane]

Fucking phone keyboards....

[Benny Profane]

Shares of Google some how, without paying taxes?

Back to your question. Call Vanguard. Roll your IRA into a new account there. Open a brokerage account with them. Buy Google with your IRA money within that account. Vwah laaa.

[rather ripped]

Keep IRA but move it to a manager, like Vanguard, and have them buy stock with it. The stock could be Google. You don't need to cash-in the IRA in order to buy stock.

[Tuckerman]

Turns out I'm too poor for Vanguard. Now I can kind of see where the occupy wall st folks are coming from . You need to be wealthy to make good investments, I don't get that.

[mcsquared]

Sharebuilder.com? I have an IRA with them and feel like i can buy whatever I want at $4/trade if you do the automatic investment deal.

[Benny Profane]

Turns out I'm too poor for Vanguard. Now I can kind of see where the occupy wall st folks are coming from . You need to be wealthy to make good investments, I don't get that.

What? Please explain. Do they have a minimum for IRA investing? If so, maybe you should forget individual stock investing and just start easy with a fund or two. It's not that hard.

[Kim Jong-un]

Last I checked Vanguard had a $3K minimum on an IRA. Google trades for $612 a share. So somehow assuming Vanguard was not for "rich people" you want to buy < 5 shares of Google and somehow expect Vanguard to welcome this business? Even if Vanguard were to execute these trades for $0.20 a share they would make $1.00 on this. It would cost more to send the account forms in the mail.

[Benny Profane]

Whatever. Individuals shouldn't be buying stocks. They should be buying index funds. Don't be a muppet.

[Danno]

Turns out I'm too poor for Vanguard. Now I can kind of see where the occupy wall st folks are coming from . You need to be wealthy to make good investments, I don't get that.

If you don't have the 3 grand or whatever to open an account with them, you have no business buying shares of Google, or shares of any company for that matter. Simply put, in terms you used, that would not be a good investment.

[Tuckerman]

Alrighty then.

[Tuckerman]

That's cool ill do it myself, but I have a feeling I will not get to do it tax free. And if that's the case its not right, why should I have to go to some firm (in this case Vanguard) to get the same tax break others enjoy. Is there another way, because if there is I'll do it.

/vent

[Missing Sock]

That's cool ill do it myself, but I have a feeling I will not get to do it tax free. And if that's the case its not right, why should I have to go to some firm (in this case Vanguard) to get the same tax break others enjoy. Is there another way, because if there is I'll do it.

/vent

Call or walk into a Fidelity or Charles Schwab office. Tell them you want to open a new IRA account and transfer your cash/assets from what I am guessing is an ex-employer sponsored account?? Wait two weeks until assets are transferred and then buy shares of whatever you want. Its pretty straightforward. They do these account transfers several thousands of times a month, they'll understand you don't want any tax penalties from an early withdrawal. Why your current or ex-employer IRA plan doesn't allow you to invest in individual stocks I don't know.

[Danno]

"do it yourself". Do what yourself? Buy stock? You need to set up a brokerage acct somewhere to do that. It's not like there's a stock store and you put some stock in your cart and pay with a visa and they ship it out to you via UPS.

I imagine that any place that sets up a brokerage acct can take rollover IRA money and use that and keep it in an IRA. But they all may have minimums, I don't know. There are certainly other rollover IRA options, too.

[stuckathuntermtn]

My teal is off for the month. Hopefully June brings more aquatic times.

[13]

You can.

The real question is, which brokerage? Who do you guys like? Why?

[jfost]

Ing Direct (nee Sharebuilder) was super easy and kind of fun to play with for awhile - not sure how that works with an IRA but great for purchasing whatever you want stocks/funds-wise...

I *am* a bit suspicious that they ever actually make the trades though for small-volume accounts. It would be cheaper and easier if they were to just cover the action themselves, high-school bookie style.

[Derelicht]

Like missing sock said, there are plenty of brokers who have no min amounts for IRA's, and next to no maintenance fees (yearly fees tacked on for the privilege of keeping your account with them) Try etrade, scottrade, fidelity, schwab, etc..they could all help you through the process..they won't give you investment advice but if your set on GOOG than that's that.

If you want advice on how to invest it as well most will provide that for a 1% of the total acct balance per year. Shameless plug, I'm a financial advisor, feel free to pm me to walk you through the process of rolling over the acct and some basic investing tips for free.

13-At this point the industry has become pretty commoditized, so they're pretty much all the same. The two differentiating points are costs and performance reporting. Reporting can be important depending on how complex your portfolio is. I personally use Scottrade just because they are dirt cheap and have good service and I do most of the reporting myself. I have no incentive for saying this, honestly there are lots of good ones like etrade, Schwab.

[Irishexit]

If your account is below 3K, can I ask why you want to do such a concentrated bet with Google. I am not saying its right or wrong but it would be highly concentrated and that alone is a red flag in my opinion. Just wondering the thought process.

Also, if its a old employer....they usually kick you out of their plan if your account is below a 5K minimum. Was that not an issue, maybe its company dependent...