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So Money with Farnoosh Torabi · Friday, September 18, 2026

Teaching Teenagers About Investing: Custodial Roth IRAs and Family Businesses

Farnoosh Torabi highlights custodial Roth IRAs as a favored method for teaching teenagers about investing, particularly for children of business owners who may work in the family business. This allows teens to begin investing for retirement before high school graduation.

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“And there are more ways to do this now than ever. And we're going to talk about everything from the new Truist accounts to one of my personal favorites, the custodial Roth IRA, which we're going to set up for our kids this year.”
“If you're a business owner or an entrepreneur and your kid legit works in your business, this is something you want to pay attention to. There may be an incredible opportunity here to help your teen or your child begin investing for retirement before they've even graduated from high school.”
Heard on So Money with Farnoosh Torabi — “2037: Rates Are Going Up. Now What, Farnoosh?”, published Friday, September 18, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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