Unexpected Money

[dizneegirl]

Invest it.

 

[TCRAIG]

I would stick it in my granddaughter’s college fund….

 

[Liz]

Pay bills.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Unless I had something I needed to put money towards, I would give some to World Central Kitchen and some to The Trevor Project. Then I'd do something fun for myself with the rest.

 

[White Cat]

Put it towards a Juste Un Clou ring for my spouse.

 

[GAN]

Invested it in VTSAX

There's a lot more to be made with Palantir ...just sayin'

 

[Genie+]

Use half to buy a baker’s dozen of Disney stocks.

Visit somewhere cool 2 to 3 hours drive from home. Stay there a night or two. Splurge on some fun stuff.

If any money is left after those, put it your jewelry box as cushion money. That’s what I often do if I end up with more cash on hand than I like to carry. Usually I don’t miss the odd $50 here or there. Then when a expense comes along unplanned or bigger than I’d like… I pull out my cushion money and it makes me feel better lol. Weird habit I suppose.

 

[Moliphino]

Put it in savings until we do planned house renovations.

 

[gmi3804]

If I considered a $2,500 a windfall, I probably wouldn't be squandering it on trips, "wants," and the like. Just sayin'.

 

[Praying Colonel]

We're going on vacation in September, so it would go toward that.

 

[tvguy]

Order my new computer.

 

[Uncle Coaster]

If I considered a $2,500 a windfall, I probably wouldn't be squandering it on trips, "wants," and the like. Just sayin'.

That doesn’t sound fun.

 

[china mom]

I may as well just mail it to Amazon. They will get it eventually anyway.

 

[DLgal]

If I considered a $2,500 a windfall, I probably wouldn't be squandering it on trips, "wants," and the like. Just sayin'.

Who called it a windfall? OP just said it was unexpected.

 

[DLgal]

I may as well just mail it to Amazon. They will get it eventually anyway.

The most real response so far.

 

[DLgal]

There's a lot more to be made with Palantir ...just sayin'

Warren Buffet would disagree.

 

[GAN]

Warren Buffet would disagree.

I'm not so sure. He does say, "be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful." I totally believe in his philosophy and right now invest in a mix of Dividend "Aristocrats", some Mutual Funds, and hedging with CD's because of the rates for the next year or so. I had some cash sitting around waiting for the floor to drop and Palantir was down to $8 so about a month ago I figured that's fairly low risk for a tech stock that has some upside ...it's up over $15 now. I'm just going to hold on and see where it goes. Sure, if I had Buffett's money I probably would never invest in it ...but I don't. You have to take some risk to make a gain, especially in today's market.

 

[LYSE]

Probably just pay off the dues on one of my Dvc contracts or let the money sit there to be eroded by the monthly dues drafts

 

[GAN]

Who called it a windfall? OP just said it was unexpected.

Isn't that what a windfall is???

 

[DLgal]

Isn't that what a windfall is???

Not necessarily. It is usually associated with a "large amount of money or good fortune."

Money is relative. Maybe $2500 is a windfall to some. It isn't to me. To me, $250,000 would be a windfall.