Pre-Tax or Post-Tax

When saving for retirement, either in a employer-plan or using IRAs, how do you decide whether to take the tax-deduction and pay taxes later or get lifelong tax-free growth using the Roth option?
Then, listeners ask:

When is the right time to rebalance and how is it done?

How can you judge the performance of a young index fund?

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