Retirement Investments It may seem a bit early to start planning your retirement, but successful financial planning means long-range planning, and retirement is a critical phase of life. This activity is important because it covers what you can do now to start investing in your future. The goal of this exercise is to differentiate and understand the value of different retirement investments. Read each retirement investment profile. Then match the retirement investment type to the correct profile. Note, not all labels will be used. SEP IRA myRA 401(k) plans Social Security Roth IRA taxed-deferred contributions Keogh plans RETIREMENT INVESTMENT PROFILE RETIREMENT INVESTMENT TYPE Aja has been working for the last 25 years at the same company. She plans to retire at is contributions from her paychecks have helped to grow this fund that will replace approximately 40 percent of her income once she retires." Stan has invested $5000 of his income to this account each year for the last 5 years. This invested money is not taxed, which is one of the greatest benefits of this type of investment Rolando is a junior in college. He recently transferred his regular bank savings account into this type of fund. He will have to pay taxes on it upfront, but his earnings on it will grow tax free and any withdrawals he makes will also be tax free. Anjuli recently decided to invest in this type of fund, which guarantees she will never lose her principal investment because it is backed by the government. It is a slow growing investment due to the low interest rates, but due to her limited funds, this was her best savings option. Nixon and Max just started a new drive-and-delivery service that caters to the elderly population in their community. They can't open an IRA because of the limited amount they can invest. They decided to go with this type of investment instead -the "IRA for entrepreneurs" which will allow them to invest up to $54.000 a year