What Should the Priority Be?
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
Audacy
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2019
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
If you're saving for retirement, establishing an emergency reserve, and trying to pay off student loans, what should the priority be? Should you be doing all three at once? That's what Ryan from Philadelphia wanted to know.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jill on Money Call of the Week. We are presented by Marcus by |
| 0:07.8 | Goldman Sachs. This is your chance to ask the niggling financial question that has maybe been keeping you up at night |
| 0:15.6 | or just that you're wondering about. That is the easiest way to actually get to unhappiness. |
| 0:21.4 | Don't get a good night's sleep. So let't get a good night's sleep. |
| 0:22.8 | So let's get a good night's sleep. |
| 0:24.6 | Whatever's bugging you. |
| 0:25.9 | Give us a holler. |
| 0:26.8 | You can email us any question. |
| 0:28.7 | Ask Jill at Jill on Money. |
| 0:31.6 | Ask Jill at Jill on Money. |
| 0:31.0 | That's what Ryan did. He is calling us from Philadelphia. By the way, |
| 0:38.5 | Ryan, I love Philadelphia. It's one of my favorite cities. |
| 0:41.3 | Thank you. Me too. All right. What's going on? How cities. Thank you, me too. |
| 0:43.0 | What's going on? |
| 0:44.0 | How can I help you out? |
| 0:45.0 | So basically my wife and I just kind of started on our journey to financial independence |
| 0:51.0 | and we're just kind of wondering like our priority should be, kind of the order of operation |
| 0:55.8 | of things that we're kind of contributing to retirement, building our emergency fund, paying |
| 1:00.7 | off student loans, and I'm wondering if we should focus a little on all those things or just |
| 1:05.8 | focused on one of those things and kind of put all our effort into one. |
| 1:10.6 | That is a great question. |
| 1:11.9 | Let's talk a little bit about the student loans. How much do you have |
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