Moving to the U.S. soon, so bear with me on this.
Is there a specific type of account you buy stocks on in the US?
For context, I'm Canadian, I have a TFSA and RRSP (also relatively new to stocks/general personal finance)

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Individual brokerage account is most common for trading/investing. You can also do IRA but there are more restrictions for a retirement account

Based on my superficial understanding, the closet thing to TFSA is a Roth account, but here you can’t take it out tax free until retirement age. RRSP is more like 401k or ira here, where you are taxed when you withdraw after retirement (additional 10% tax if you withdraw early). So if you are buying stock as a part of your retirement saving, generally max out your 401k or ira contribution limit first, then prob go to Roth with money you don’t need in the short term, if you are just chasing shorter term gain, you’ll have to open regular brokerage account that is subject to capital gain taxes

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