Kind of. They're all mutual funds. The IRA/HSA/ESA designations are just tax statuses, but they're all mutual funds. You visit a local financial insitution, set up an account, deposit your initial principal, and that's it. Go home and forget about it, unless you want to put more in it. You'll get a report every quarter.
President Wayne gives you an IRA when you're born, with $1,000 starting principal and writes tax law to the effect that your parents contribute an additional $1K every year. Assuming the economy does
poorly, when you turn 18 and take legal control over that IRA, it's worth will be $36,000. President Wayne's tax law now has
you making $1K yearly deposits into your IRA.
When you retire at 65 your IRA is now worth $1,217,916. That's assuming President Wayne only gives you $1000. That's assuming your parents and relatives never contribute above the minimum. That's assuming the economy stays in the gutter your whole life. I don't know about you but I could retire just fine on a million bucks.
Oh, and that earlier $36,000 figure, that would also be what your Educational Savings Account would be worth when you graduate high school, which is most of a Bachelor degree.
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