I’m finally hitting a stride (now in my mid-30s) and have some cash to play around with/invest. Any suggestions or recommendations on good, long-term strategies (and/or things I should absolutely be doing) for people not familiar with having a tiny cushion of wealth? Also open to “you should hire a financial advisor, etc..”

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Max out retirement accounts and buy index funds. I wouldn't recommend an advisor for most people.

We were all new at one point! It's great you're already maxing out 401k.

I would also max an HSA (if you have one) and a Roth IRA (you can open one at any brokerage). I'd use Vanguard, Fidelity, or Schwab. I wouldn't use Robinhood. Buy index funds like VTI.

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