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Downtown-Fig602 OP t1_j9vbiyz wrote

Reply to comment by sjs48 in How would you invest 140k? Getting inheritance at 21yr old. by Downtown-Fig602

Ohhh ok. That’s true but what would you think about just paying off 40k of it then? And owing 10k? I really don’t want to dip below 100 as far as my invested money

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sjs48 t1_j9vbmkm wrote

What is the interest rate on the loan?

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Downtown-Fig602 OP t1_j9vcls2 wrote

Around 5.6 I think

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sjs48 t1_j9vd6fm wrote

Alright I'm gonna give you real advice. You can either take it or buy meme stock options and lose all the money you just got.

Pay off the 50k car loan.

Open a Vanguard or Fidelity account and put the remaining 90k in it. The settlement funds are paying 4% even if you don't invest it.

Buy like 60k worth of boring index ETFs. Like 40k of VTI and 20k of VXUS, or 60k of VOO, whatever.

YOLO 15k of it using the shit advice you get here so you can learn how easy it is to lose money.

Keep the other 15k in the settlement fund as cash. Unless you already have some cash in savings, then fine yolo that too.

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Downtown-Fig602 OP t1_j9vfcqs wrote

>yolo so you can learn

I’ve already lost 5k in the past. I’ve also gained 10k. I feel I know what’s too risky and what’s stupid at this point. when I say risk I mean calculated risk, not 0dte options

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EatsRats t1_j9vd5tt wrote

If interest is above 3% on that loan, pay that shit off and toss the remainder into something boring like VTI and forget about it.

Between this and your job and the extra money you’ll have without that car loan, you are setup to be rich and retiring mondo-early.

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