Do you invest?

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We make a sizable salary and the benefits while not physician benefit packages are still nice at least in my location. Where do you put your extra income besides bills and the obvious past tuition loans that made you a nurse?

Do you invest? Where? How did you choose?

I put 5% in an employer based Roth IRA and 1% in traditional 401k for 6% employer match. I was told to put more in Roth for now until I start seeing a need for the tax benefits of 401k which would be at a time when I am filing jointly with someone. But I'd thought I see what 1% does in that category for now.

But more importantly and towards the purpose of my question, where else do you invest? Money market? CD's? Mutual funds? ETF's?

I made over a 3rd of my annual salary in overtime and extra shift incentives. I checked my tax liability and risk and I won't be paying taxes. In fact I will still see a return. I'm young and would like to continue this trend for now. I'm interested to see what other members do.

Awesome thread topic! I was literally just starting to think seriously about this! Right now I have 4% going into my 401k, but I need to start researching other investment avenues.

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I'm really wishing I would've bought bitcoin while it was at 1k. Sigh. I throw 10% of my income into a retirement fund, save 800/month in savings, and am about to start investing in cryptocurrency.

Still really bummed about missing the bitcoin train. :(

There will be plenty more opportunities to invest in a bubble and win or lose.

I'm really wishing I would've bought bitcoin while it was at 1k. Sigh. I throw 10% of my income into a retirement fund, save 800/month in savings, and am about to start investing in cryptocurrency.

Still really bummed about missing the bitcoin train. :(

LOL.

That train is still chugging along.

Keep in mind that there are other cryptocurrencies like Litecoin and Etherium available. Check out the app Coinbase.

I made a quick 70% ROI last week. Litecoin is up 110% from last week and 9.3% today alone.

I also invest in cryptocurrencies. I bought heavily into bitcoin when it was well below 1000. I have about 1500 bitcoin. I also hve invested in litecoin and am seeing a phenomenal growth there as well as ripple.

Specializes in School nursing.

School nurse; I qualify for the teachers retirement pension system. 11% of each paycheck to pay in. Yep, I signed up. School nursing isn't where you earn the big bucks, but there are some perks.

Side note: Nursing is second career. In my previous career, I had a 403b with an employer match. When I quit that job to go to nursing school, I rolled that money into an IRA and than a Roth IRA, paid the one time tax and now how that money being aggressively invested since I have more than few years until retirement. Of course, it helps that my dad is a financial planner.

Now school debt....still working on that one.

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