How much $ do you keep in your checking/ saving account?
I recently started investing, and have about $20K in ETFs, MFs. With that I still have $80K+ in my bank accounts which I slowly plan to move into my brokerage account. How fast or slow should I transfer these funds into my brokerage account?
Ive also been toying with the idea of buying a house which makes me question whether I should tie up more money into investments atm or not. Investment noob here, if it wasn’t obvious already 😅

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Keep 6 month emergency fund. Never touch that money or include in any savings. Then, see how much of a down payment you want to put in a house. Save that amount. Keep enough for bills the next two months and invest the rest.

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