Cash Money$

As I mentioned, I have a fairly large cash position. While the financial planner made me feel less guilty about not having it invested (he told me there will be volatility soon so it's ok to have a lot of cash on hand), I did want to earn something on it. Again from Get Rich Slowly readers, I learned about the Ally 5k-year CD. The best part about it is you only lose 2 months of interest if you pull your money early. I opened one big one, and now I plan to open several smaller ones. Opening several smaller ones is helpful because if I do have to pull some money, I'll lose less interest. That was another idea from a blog commenter. Yay for learning from others!