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Ramsey Everyday Millionaires

How Should I Save Money Now That the Savings Rate Is Going Down?

Ramsey Everyday Millionaires

Ramsey Network

Business, Careers, Investing

4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0

This episode is sponsored by SmartVester. Connect with an investing pro for free at ramsysolutions.com

0:10.6

slash invest.

0:14.6

You're listening to Ramsey Everyday Millionaires, where we talk investing, retirement, building

0:19.7

wealth, and outrageous generosity.

0:22.7

Jennifer is with us in Phoenix, Arizona. Hi, Jennifer. How are you? Hi, I'm doing well. Thanks for

0:28.5

taking my call. Sure. What's up? I wanted to see what y'all would do with a pile of money.

0:34.2

I'm in baby steps 3B and 4.

0:39.4

But then I found myself in storm number one, surprise I'm pregnant.

0:45.3

Oh, well, congratulations.

0:47.5

Thank you.

0:48.8

Storm number two, five weeks later, I suffered a major medical event, found out I have an underlying condition

0:55.5

that will put me at risk for more major medical events. And we can't really address the problem

1:02.4

for a year or two until baby gets here and we can do a lot of testing and investigate it.

1:07.6

So I had been saving a bunch of money for a house, but it had been sitting in a high-yield

1:14.6

savings account, but those rates are declining. So would you guys leave it in high-ield savings,

1:19.9

or would you move it into like a brokerage account to maximize the yield? Because I feel like

1:25.1

that goal is now three to five years down the road.

1:28.1

How much money in your emergency fund and how much money in this fund we're talking about?

1:32.2

My emergency fund is $50,000. It's 12 months.

1:35.7

Uh-huh. And this money, this money is how much?

1:39.0

But my house fund is currently at $150,000.

1:42.2

Okay. See, have $200,000. So this See, you have $200,000.

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