Episode

457 Plans, Bonus Investing, and Emergency Funds

Podcast: Money Meets Medicine
Published: Sep 2, 2026
Duration seconds: 1898
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Summary

How big should your emergency fund be? Should you use that 457 plan offered by your employer? And what do you do with large one-time payments like a bonus - invest it all at once or put a little into the market at a time?