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I am a financial rookie with $5,000 I want to invest. What should I do with it?

I am 31, not a homeowner, and I want to take 5k of my modest savings and do something productive with it, preferably through a service like TD Ameritrade. What would you do? (The remainder of my savings I plan to use for a down payment on a house when I am ready.)

If you’re trying to save for a down payment, I’d be extremely hesitant to pour money into the stock market right now. We’re at a historically questionable point in time at the moment, where the Fed has (possibly) stopped raising short-term interest rates, but inflation is also something to keep a close eye on. 6 months from now the S&P 500 could easily be 20% higher or 20% lower than it is right now. With anything less than a 5-year time horizon, I’d consider putting money into a CD (Certificate of Deposit), which actually have pretty decent rates right now. You can look at sites like bankrate.com to find the best rate, it doesn’t really matter what bank you choose since CDs are FDIC insured (as opposed to stocks and mutual funds, which are not).

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