I saved tons of money over the years to buy a house… then my partner got cancer. I had to put my career on hold since November in order to be a full time caregiver. During that time (and currently) I haven’t had an income and blew through my emergency savings and 30k I had saved for a house. She received a bone marrow transplant and is doing exceptionally well. In the next couple of months im expecting to return to work. But now we have to rebuild our emergency savings and savings for a house. I estimate at least 10 years in order to rebuild our accounts. So instead of having my money sit in savings I invested (most of it) into the market. My reasoning being I wouldn’t pull this money for a minimum of ten years and there is no way I could time a bottom so I’m ok with losing some money initially. Was it the right move? What would you have done? Could we be at the bottom now?
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