Originally Posted by
fosters
I'd say that was more luck than anything. Runups like that are pretty uncommon.
You can cash out your contributions to Roth IRA's anytime, at any age.
I'm thinking Chinese telecoms (ie cell phone companies). What are your thoughts? How about your friend? He sounds like a good guy to hang around with

. If I can get 7% average I'll be happy. But 20%? Darn I could retire by 40.
7% is a low average. Are you sure about the roth IRA. The whole point is you can take it at 59 1/2 yrs old correct? I thought once your money was in there it was in there.