As my emergency fund grows to around 3 months worth of expenses, I'm starting to think about how to allocate future contributions.
Not exact matches
As stated earlier, your contributions in a Roth IRA can be taken out at any time penalty free, but if you're looking for this nest egg to
grow, I wouldn't touch those
funds for an
emergency.
so my question is less about
emergency fund balances
as i'm pretty confident they'll
grow steadily and more about, I guess, and please correct me if I'm wrote, whether or not the 6.9 - 7.9 % average returns for ROTH IRA mutual
funds is a dependable enough guess that it would imply I should put the $ 5500 there instead of toward the 5.5 % mortgage (which I guess is actually lowered when you consider tax writeoff).
Short - term investment vehicles — such
as certificates of deposit, interest - yielding savings accounts, exchange - traded
funds and more — are ideal places to store and
grow funds you don't need immediately, such
as emergency savings, but require access to at any time if a financial
emergency were to arise.
Another way to
grow your
emergency fund is to channel any windfalls you receive such
as bonus, gifts and tax rebates into the account.
I really hope that
as I build up my full year's
emergency funds that I can
grow less anxious about affording my housing costs per month.
Nevertheless,
as your
emergency fund begins to
grow, you can invest part of it so
as to retain or increase the value of the amount in the account.
You've made ends meet,
as you always do, but your savings account isn't
growing and there's nothing left to
fund an
emergency should one arise.
After I graduate from college and
grow my
emergency fund, I'll move most of the
fund to a money market savings account, and perhaps keep a couple hundred dollars in cash
as well.
And, there's always the option to use your rewards towards sensible financial goals such
as building an
emergency fund, saving for a home down payment, or
growing your retirement
funds.
While the term is frequently referred to
as «temporary» life insurance, it can be a good alternative for those who have certain requirements, such
as the payoff of a mortgage balance or an
emergency fund for a young and
growing family.