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		JumpCrisscross on June 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stop Pretending You’re Not Rich Treasuries, CDs, et cetera. You should be able to build, over a few years, a decent rainy-day fund on $300,000 a year. Disclaimer: this is not investment advice. Do not take investment advice from Internet comments.

icedchai on June 12, 2017 [–]

The return on treasuries and CDs is ridiculously low, less than 3%. Bond funds are not much better.

Unless you're talking short term, put it in a total stock market index fund and forget about it.

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