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SmoothCriminal2018 t1_j2e1045 wrote
Reply to comment by AdditionalAttorney in What to do with emergency fund? by jammun14
Currently around 3-4%, but obviously what constitutes high changes based on what the Fed funds rate is at the time and in comparison to other banks. Some places are higher but make you jump through hoops to get it (you have to refer people, make a certain number of transactions per month, etc)
SmoothCriminal2018 t1_j2dzfio wrote
Reply to comment by MkeGBRedwings in Retirement savings supposed to triple in 5 years? by [deleted]
No problem! If you’d like to play around with how much you need to contribute a year to get there, I like to use this compound interest calculator
SmoothCriminal2018 t1_j2dxclp wrote
How much are you currently contributing per year? That multiple includes both growth and futures contributions. Let’s say on your current salaries you’re saving 20% pre-tax (so $36k a year) That brings you to $350k before any growth. If we assume a 5% average growth factor over the next 5 years compounding (not guaranteed) along with that $36k/year, you should have $415k. If it grows at 7%, you’d have $445k. As you make more, you’ll also likely be able to set aside a larger percentage of your salary to retirement, so there’s variables involved but yeah $510 isn’t out of the realm of possibility
SmoothCriminal2018 t1_j2ds0pl wrote
Reply to comment by jammun14 in What to do with emergency fund? by jammun14
Capital One, Ally, and Marcus (Goldman Sachs) are all reputable banks currently offering good rates on their savings accounts! There are more too, those are just the ones I know off the top of my head
SmoothCriminal2018 t1_j2drlfh wrote
Reply to comment by jbnpoc in Weekend Help and Victory Thread for the week of December 30, 2022 by IndexBot
You can generally invest what you want in an IRA, but I would consider keeping your retirement funds in something relatively vanilla and playing around with money you’re more ok with losing in a taxable brokerage account, but your call.
SmoothCriminal2018 t1_j2e4cfq wrote
Reply to 401k allocation advice by Fatindocce
These are your current selections, right? If you’re moving to Vanguard your options are going to change. Fidelity won’t offer you Vanguard funds, and may change out some of the other funds too based on what your company pays for
If you don’t want to do a target date fund and are 20 years out, you could consider something like 80% S&P/20% international, or something like 70% large cap/15% mid cap/15% small cap. Maybe throw a bond fund in there for 10-15% if you’re on the conservative sode