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The Ramsey Show Highlights

What Would You Do With $650,000 Of Tesla Stock?

The Ramsey Show Highlights

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Self-improvement, Education, Investing, Business

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🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:10.1

Today's question comes from Chase in Florida. My aunt recently reached out to me for advice since I'm

0:15.3

considered the financially responsible one in the family. She's 37, and we come from a low-income family. She worked at

0:21.9

Tesla for six years and recently discovered that her old Tesla stock holdings are now worth $650,000.

0:28.9

I love it. That's great. She currently works as a project engineer earning $70,000 a year.

0:35.2

Her monthly rent is only $1,000, and she has $20,000 in debt,

0:38.6

which will be paid off this year. She has retirement investments, but no cash savings. She's hesitant

0:43.6

to sell the stock because her goal is to let it reach a million dollars before selling.

0:48.3

She's also concerned about the tax implications if she sells. I've explained that this mindset

0:52.6

borders on gambling, emphasizing the

0:54.5

danger of investing in a single stock. If you were in her shoes, what would you do with $650,000 in

1:00.4

Tesla stock? Wow. That's so fun. Yeah. What a great relationship that she comes to him with this

1:08.8

big win and asks him what to do.

1:11.1

And he's saying you've got too much risk here.

1:14.5

And he's spot on.

1:15.8

He's so cool.

1:16.7

I love this.

1:17.3

And I do agree.

1:18.0

This does border on gambling waiting for your single stock to go up, you know, another 30-something percent so that you can cash out at the right time.

1:26.4

Yeah.

1:26.5

That scares me.

1:27.4

Yeah. You're going to have

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