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Roth

American  
[rawth, roth] / rɔθ, rɒθ /

noun

  1. Phillip, 1933–2018, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.


Roth British  
/ rɒθ /

noun

  1. Philip . born 1933, US novelist. His works include Goodbye, Columbus (1959), Portnoy's Complaint (1969), My Life as a Man (1974), Sabbath's Theater (1995), The Human Stain (2000), and The Plot Against America (2004)

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Among others: a Roth IRA conversion; a large capital gain; and employer bonus or stock-option income.

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Roth was not an architect of the first rank.

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It avoids penalties and unnecessary taxes, preserves the capital in your retirement accounts — especially your Roth’s tax-free growth—and uses the money-market funds for their intended purpose.

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That signaling system was put together with the help of Stanford economist Alvin Roth, who also developed systems for matching kidney donors with patients and New York City schoolchildren with schools.

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Currently, you can only make use of that exception for early withdrawals from traditional IRA accounts, or you can take Roth IRA contributions out at any time without taxes or penalties.

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