• hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Doesn’t putting the $$ anywhere that’s not retrievable miss the point of having an emergency fund? It’s supposed to be liquid assets you can spend if you had to. Putting it anywhere with good returns would keep it from being available at 11:45pm on a Saturday night when the ER is demanding payment now or they won’t treat you.

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      4 hours ago

      That’s what credit cards are for. You have a while to cash in your investment and pay the bill.

      Although things are so uncertain right now I’m considering pulling all my savings out of the market. I know the stock market isn’t real, it has a good chance to even go up. But I think we’re heading for Great Depression part 2 if all the threatened tariffs happen.