# Starting investing early... how?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-investing-early-how/252918>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 30, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-investing-early-how/252918 "2004-06-30T18:22:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-investing-early-how/252918/21 "2004-07-03T18:36:19Z")

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Ah, the old Roth vs. Traditional. [Here’s an old thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252684&highlight=roth) that we argued quite extensively.

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**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-investing-early-how/252918/22 "2004-07-14T22:32:08Z")

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> [@jeevmon](#):
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> You do know that this is precisely what Motley Fool recommends, right?

Okay, so I’m posting to a dead thread, but I just saw this.  
If that’s what they’re saying now, then good. When I was reading them, some years back (pre-slump), they were pushing a modified dogs-of-the-dow strategy.

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