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3 Good Ideas for IRAs

Christine Benz offers her picks for IRAs ahead of the April deadline.

Jeremy Glaser, Christine Benz

Feb 26, 2019

Mentioned: Loomis Sayles Bond Instl (LSBDX) , Vanguard Inflation-Protected Secs Inv (VIPSX) , Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™ (SCHD) , Vanguard Short-Term Infl-Prot Secs ETF (VTIP)

Jeremy Glaser: For Morningstar, I'm Jeremy Glaser. With the April 15 deadline to fund a 2018 IRA fast approaching, many investors might be wondering what types of investments they should put inside this wrapper. I'm here with Christine Benz--she is our director of personal finance--with three ideas.

Christine, thanks for joining me.

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