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IRA's and 401K's - Using Your IRA or 401K
"In America there are two tax systems, one for the informed and one for the uninformed. Both systems are legal." One of America's most famous jurists, Justice Learned Hand made this statement many decades ago. When used today one would certainly have to include the world of Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA). If you are not in the category of the "informed" about what IRA alternatives are available to you, then you fall into the other category of the "uniformed".

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IRA's and 401K's - Blaze Your Own IRA Trail
Source: The McGraw-Hill Companies
With a "self-directed" account, your funds can seek out unconventional investments.
Until nine months ago, Hal Fong had a fairly typical individual retirement account (IRA) with all the usual vehicles: mutual funds, stocks, and bonds. Then he finally got tired of the so-so returns. So using a "self-directed IRA," he directed 20%, about $125,000, into a private-equity deal, Pan Pacific Bank, a Fremont (Calif.) startup.

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IRA's and 401K's - Do-It-Yourself-IRA's
By Michael Fritz
Who says your IRA has to be invested in a bank CD or a similar stodgy instrument? You can also do options, risk arbitrage and convertible bonds.
GREGOR RIESSER is not your typical individual retirement account holder. Five days a week the retired 65-year-old Shell research chemist sits in front of his home computer and portable stock quote machine to plot convertible arbitrage plays and other offbeat investments.

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