If your kids are working summer jobs, it's a prime opportunity to help them open a retirement account and start saving for the future, experts say.
Roth individual retirement accounts can be "triple-tax efficient" for teenagers, according to certified financial planner Carol Fabbri, managing partner of Fair Advisors in Conifer, Colorado.
Plus, Roth IRAs offer tax-free growth on investments, and withdrawals in retirement are generally tax-free, Fabbri explained.
Of course, the power of long-term compound growth, or returns on your returns, only magnifies the sooner you start saving and investing, experts say.
More than 8 in 10 teenagers are already thinking about retirement, but most mistakenly think savings is the best long-term strategy, according to a recent survey from Junior Achievement and MissionSquare.
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