Best Buys for Your IRA

Editor's note: As a special feature for April, TheStreet.com is offering a seven-part series on maximizing your IRA. This installment is Part 4. Click here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 5, Part 6 and Part 7.

You can put anything in an IRA, from bank CDs or Treasury bills, which are virtually risk-free, to highly risky investments such as individual Chinese stocks. Where your own IRA investments fall in this range of risk parameters depends on:

• The size and character of your overall investment portfolio.
• Your individual attitude about taking risk in the financial markets.
• How long you have been investing.
• How much time you want to devote to managing your own investments.

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