I opened up Roth IRA for the first time, and got yelled by a rep at Fidelity for not being “risky and adventurous to earn a lot more money.” What does this mean?! I have pretax 401k maxed out, HSA almost maxed out, and about to max out contribution for IRA once my Roth 401k rolls over. Obv I want to be rich but I’ve been careful with my approach since the market seems so volatile. How can I be more “adventurous?!”

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I have no idea what they said but I have been a fidelity customer for 30 years and never been yelled at. Why are you even discussing with them what you plan to invest in? I have never had to talk to them to set up an account. What did you tell them you were going to invest in? Lot of questions

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Well if someone yelled at you, you should file a complaint. Do you have any traditional 401k? Maybe that is why they suggested a traditional Ira also?

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I’m 9000% sure whoever, assuming they actually did yell, was struggling to make a sale on something. I don’t know enough about fidelity to be certain, but still around 9000% based on “yelled”.

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