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To: Metacomet who wrote (68967)	3/31/2010 12:15:52 PM
From: Felix4tune	Respond to of 78424

In December, I converted shares of a little speculator I have in a Fidelity IRA. Was able to do everything online. Opened a new ROTH, then moved the shares to the new account. Fidelity sent a 1099R with the "gross distribution" of the new ROTH (showing it's value at year end) and the "taxable amount" which reflected the value of the shares when they were moved into the ROTH. Very happy with the simplicity and the fact that these can be "recharacterized" if I want to. ROTH's are a gift as far as I am concerned. GLTY Felix

To: Metacomet who wrote (68967)	3/31/2010 1:41:14 PM
From: roto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78424

I converted to Roth a year ago and I am faced with the tax burden in 2 weeks. My tax burden is a normal distribution. It was easy to set up the lateral Roth account with my two on- line brokers. The only thing that is of concern after my Roth was activated was that the actual transfer of stock took a few days. So if you do the daily market timing you will wait. I had the benefit of the "down" market and I took about 2 weeks of picking & choosing which stocks to swap. All my holdings are in Roth.