1-4 are all taken care of. I need to learn more about a roth IRA and what an index fund is. I’m okay with letting $10K sit somewhere for 5-10 years, possibly longer like for retirement.
Comment on What can I do with US$10K that is a good investment?
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
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pay off high interest debt
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top off your emergency fund so you don’t run into expensive short-on-money situations
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take care of deferred maintenance on your car or house that might turn into an expensive repair
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If you have an employer sponsored 401k, increase the contribution amount to get 10k more tax free into it before the end of the year and use the $10k cash in hand for expenses.
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Open a roth IRA and contribute the maximum amount you can (which may vary based on your income)
VT, VTI, and SPY are good broad-market funds with good historical growth.
robocall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
prayer@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Don’t rule out a Roth if you only want to save for 5-10 years. You’re allowed to withdraw the principal (initial 10K) at any time for no penalty/cost, so long as it’s recorded properly with the IRS when you withdraw it.
zerotozero@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Read up on Roth IRAs - your future self will thank you! You can open an account anywhere you’d like (Vanguard, Fidelity, Charles Schwab, etc). One thing I’ll mention though: the annual limit is 7K for 2024 (8K if you’re 50+), and you have to have at least that much in income to contribute (i.e., if you only had 5K income for 2024, then that’s your limit).
So, for 10K you’ll have to invest in 2024 and 2025. You also have until tax day to make contributions for the prior year.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Second vote for VTI.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you qualify for the savers credit you should put $2k into retirement like a an IRA.
PineRune@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I like these points. Preventing a future expense by paying less now is always worth it, if you can afford it.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Being poor is expensive.
Today@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s much more expensive to be poor now than it used to be!
r_thndr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
That depends, how far in the future, how big of an expense, how much interest can you earn, and what’s inflation looking like?
If it’s more than a couple thousand dollars more than a couple years out, you could possibly make useful money with a high interest bearing account provided inflation is expected to be less than about 2/3 of the interest rate of the account.
Time IS money.
PineRune@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This might make sense for people with six+ figures sitting in a savings account, but the average person today doesn’t have enough cash to think about earning interest on it. For them, paying off a debt now would be cheaper in the long run. For the most part, at least.