When recent graduates work on making a first budget, an issue, which can come up is to select between repaying principle on loans or putting the money into savings or investment. The problem is there is no elementary answer, and after known variables are thought of, you have to approximate or guess the expected outcomes on their personal willingness and investments to take fiscal risks. It is a great thing to get some cash in a bank for emergency cases such as losing a job or injury. A common guideline is to have money to make this through about a couple of months worth of settled costs (food, rent/mortgage, utilities, plus monthly credit payments). The question with non-cash nest egg is they can be hard to convert into money at once – bonds need to mature, real estate may be unsold on the market, plus stocks might…

March 4th, 2010
Money maker
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