一个是投资选择IRA要大得多,401K只限于公司计划里的几个fund.
而在scottrade或firstrade这样的supermarket开户基本上你可以选择virtually any
fund.
一个是资金的liquidity,401K和traditional有很多限制,earlywithdrawl会有penalty.
roth要灵活得多。所以一般投资顺序是:
1. 401K up to company's maximum match
2. roth/traditional
3. 401K or other taxable inverstment accounts.