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Where would you keep $500k cash you don't imminently need?

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Bateful tan stage
  07/28/25
i guess a HYSA or Cash account in a brokerage
Spruce Set
  07/28/25
In my ass
pearly dysfunction gas station
  07/28/25
ran here
Drunken galvanic place of business corn cake
  07/28/25
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pearly dysfunction gas station
  07/28/25
isnt that how you earned it?
electric temple athletic conference
  07/28/25
T-Bills.
Filthy histrionic range
  07/28/25
How do you buy these?
Bateful tan stage
  07/29/25
In order of simplicity: 1. Buy SGOV etf (you will pay a ...
Filthy histrionic range
  07/29/25
$125k in high yield corporate bonds (e.g. SPDR POrtfolio HY ...
curious gay wizard
  07/28/25
tyty
Bateful tan stage
  07/29/25
Depends on how much cash you'll need eventually, and how far...
Appetizing parlor
  07/28/25
The stock market
Flirting Soul-stirring Space
  07/28/25
few 100k in bask bank, i think it's the highest money market...
adventurous flesh theater stage
  07/28/25
But I do need $500k immediately
Beady-eyed Step-uncle's House Dopamine
  07/28/25
sgov
marvelous yarmulke crackhouse
  07/28/25
Let me hold it.
Vigorous cocky jew
  07/28/25
Short duration muni bonds if I can find some, short term T B...
Gay Cerebral Stain Associate
  07/29/25


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Date: July 28th, 2025 3:44 PM
Author: Bateful tan stage



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Date: July 28th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: Spruce Set

i guess a HYSA or Cash account in a brokerage

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Date: July 28th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: pearly dysfunction gas station

In my ass

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Date: July 28th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: Drunken galvanic place of business corn cake

ran here

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Date: July 28th, 2025 4:14 PM
Author: pearly dysfunction gas station



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Date: July 28th, 2025 3:58 PM
Author: electric temple athletic conference

isnt that how you earned it?

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Date: July 28th, 2025 3:59 PM
Author: Filthy histrionic range

T-Bills.

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Date: July 29th, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: Bateful tan stage

How do you buy these?

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Date: July 29th, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: Filthy histrionic range

In order of simplicity:

1. Buy SGOV etf (you will pay a .09% annually for it if it matters to you)

2. Most major brokerages will let you buy these directly for no commission on the secondary market or at auctions.

3. You can buy these at auctions for free at the government website TreasuryDirect.

'Auction' just means, there is a calendar of when the fedgov auctions off T-bills. You place an order for how many $1000 (redemption value) T-bills you want and then after the auction is over you get the T-bills at the final price.



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Date: July 28th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: curious gay wizard

$125k in high yield corporate bonds (e.g. SPDR POrtfolio HY Bond ETF, which is like a ~7.x% 5 year duration ETF, you can do iShares or Vanguard as well for similar yield & duration)

$125k in EM bonds (e.g. iShares JPMorgan EM Corporate Bond ETF for 7-8% of corporate debt or VanEck JP Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF for 7.5-8% sovereign bonds in emerging markets)

$125k in preferred stocks (Nuveen Preferred Securities Income Fund - 7% actively managed closed-end fund, iShares has a similar fund)

$125k in agency MBS (iShares, Vanguard and SPDR all have ~5.5% low risk, low vol agency MBS)

Weighted portfolio yield is 6.75 - 7%

Annual income is like $34-35k

Monthly income is ~$3k



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Date: July 29th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Bateful tan stage

tyty

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Date: July 28th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: Appetizing parlor

Depends on how much cash you'll need eventually, and how far out that is.

For example, if you plan on using it for down payment in 2 years, versus in one year, versus you have no real expected need for it at any time in the next 10 years.

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Date: July 28th, 2025 4:07 PM
Author: Flirting Soul-stirring Space

The stock market

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Date: July 28th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: adventurous flesh theater stage

few 100k in bask bank, i think it's the highest money market yield at the moment

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Date: July 28th, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: Beady-eyed Step-uncle's House Dopamine

But I do need $500k immediately

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Date: July 28th, 2025 4:42 PM
Author: marvelous yarmulke crackhouse

sgov

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Date: July 28th, 2025 4:42 PM
Author: Vigorous cocky jew

Let me hold it.

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Date: July 29th, 2025 9:12 PM
Author: Gay Cerebral Stain Associate

Short duration muni bonds if I can find some, short term T Bills.

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