To invest $50k in cash (6m emergency fund in NYC given possible layoffs), or to hold tight (possibly miss out on gains)?

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If you can afford to lose it, invest it. It's your emergency fund though so investing it could be a terrible terrible decision.

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I would invest half of it after monitoring for another week. Then, buy and forget for a year.

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