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    Extra retirement contributions or stay liquid?

    @inquirer2016 It’s a low interest debt. Better avenues to make the money work better. As for the EF, that’s purely based on expenses. If 12k is enough to cover 6 months of expenses, then that’s all you need.
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    New to financial planning, I wasted 8 years of my 401K employment matching only 3%. Is it too late for me (30 F)?

    @shanewp1988 Yea you made some mistakes but good thing is your definitely not too late. First thing you need to do is drop your percentage of 401k to 11%. At 15%, you will hit your cap sooner than later unless your ok with that. I’d prefer to spread it out evenly throughout the year. That should...
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    How might closing a bank account + 3 credit card accounts hurt/benefit my credit or financial positioning?

    @lisam123 Closing a credit card doesn’t affect your score much unless it was a huge credit line that will cause your utilization to jump up. Closed accounts continue to age for 10yrs. They don’t just disappear from your report. I recently closed 15 accounts on my report. My score dropped 4 points.
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    Payoff car loan w/RH brokerage acct

    @trying1tohelp1 That’s a great rate. Personally I wouldn’t be paying any extra on it at all.
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