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10 Best Low-Risk Investments In April 2024

Savings Corner

It’s also why low-risk plays make for better short-term investments or a stash for your emergency fund. To lower default risk, investors can select high-quality bonds from large, reputable companies, or buy funds that invest in a diversified portfolio of these bonds. But in general, it’s lower risk than a growth stock.”

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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That was in 2008, so you might imagine how that turned out! We were living on one income that placed us just at the top of lower class income level. I wasn’t comfortable keeping only $1,000 in an emergency fund with two little ones and just one income, so we didn’t follow that part of his plan.

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