Anyone else feel like they’re just trying to make the least dumb money choice lately? Like… rates, market vibes, job security, everything is weird. What’s one financial move you’re actually feeling good about right now

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I'm honestly just staying the course, not switching up my investments, not making any crazy sales or purchases, just hunkering down and staying true to my moderate budget and 401k savings. I think people mess up with they panic sell/buy.

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Holding the line… no systematic adjustments here…

One financial move I feel good about? A few of them…

Wells Fargo offered me a 3.5% rate for a $10K savings deposit, guaranteed for 12 months… I have a sizable sum in other savings accounts with a 4% yield, that just came down 0.25% because the Fed dropped rates… once those accounts go under 3.5%, I’ll be shifting the balances to WF… it was a good time to lock in some yield…

I also did a custom CD Ladders with a 18-Month blended yield of 4.17%… ranging from 4.50% - 3.85%….

Bought some 30 year treasuries at ~4.7%…

I have definitely been feeling that way lately. Everyone keeps asking me when I am buying a house. I am literally just trying to hang on in this economy.

Yeah not doing anything dramatic right now, holding onto cash a little more, but still drip feeding 10-20% of my monthly into stocks

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