Those graphs make it look scary but clearly the stock market had trended upwards. If you’re using your emergent fund within a year or two of putting the money in, I would argue it’s not an emergency.
Bail is a weird thing to be planning for and I don’t think you have the timeline right on how quickly bail is set.
But my main point was to simply put money aside at even the smallest amount rather than make excuses.
Putting it in an investment account rather than a savings account sitting right next to your checking account is too easily to access. The withdrawal delay can be a feature.
The balance of the emergency fundis not something one should be seeing or thinking about as often as one sees and thinks about their bill payment account.
Even if one is only comfortable using a saving account, I would still suggest using a separate financial entity.
Those graphs make it look scary but clearly the stock market had trended upwards. If you’re using your emergent fund within a year or two of putting the money in, I would argue it’s not an emergency.
Bail is a weird thing to be planning for and I don’t think you have the timeline right on how quickly bail is set.
But my main point was to simply put money aside at even the smallest amount rather than make excuses.
Putting it in an investment account rather than a savings account sitting right next to your checking account is too easily to access. The withdrawal delay can be a feature.
The balance of the emergency fundis not something one should be seeing or thinking about as often as one sees and thinks about their bill payment account.
Even if one is only comfortable using a saving account, I would still suggest using a separate financial entity.