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Where to invest funds needed in 12-18 months
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:28 pm
by HBFan
I have a sizable chunk of money from a home sale. I am currently renting and I am planning on building in the next 12-18 months. I invest in the 4/25 with my retirement accounts, but I am not sure if that is a good idea for this period of time. Right now I have it sitting in a money market account. I would like to hear some others thoughts on what to do with this money until I need
Re: Where to invest funds needed in 12-18 months
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:34 pm
by AdamA
HBFan wrote:
I have a sizable chunk of money from a home sale. I am currently renting and I am planning on building in the next 12-18 months. I invest in the 4/25 with my retirement accounts, but I am not sure if that is a good idea for this period of time. Right now I have it sitting in a money market account. I would like to hear some others thoughts on what to do with this money until I need
T-bills.
Re: Where to invest funds needed in 12-18 months
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:57 pm
by KevinW
Yeah, on that time horizon I'd just leave it in safe cash.
Re: Where to invest funds needed in 12-18 months
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:11 pm
by cabronjames
since it sounds as though you don't need it until at least Mar 1, 2013, you could put the first $20K by maxing out your 2012 I-Bonds & EE-Bonds, then sell the bonds when you need to after Feb 2013.
Re: Where to invest funds needed in 12-18 months
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:19 pm
by MediumTex
It seems like there are always good deals and incentives at banks if you open up an account with a large sum and leave it there for a certain period.
I would look into some of these offers, since you have highly liquid funds and the luxury of not needing them for 12-18 months.