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buy 60 shares of Google

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Good grief, no. A stock can do anything in a 9 month period. Too risky.

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half CD / half stocks?

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I don't like this either. The market can also do crazy things in 9 month periods. I agree with 'hyb' that the few extra bps won't be worth the loss of liquidity.

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I would be willing to make a riskier investment with 2-3k of this money, but for the most part I want to keep the principal in tact.

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I say put 22-23k in high-yield savings, and do whatever you want with the 2-3k so long as you stay within your circle of competence. If you don't know how big your circle is, please don't buy any individual stocks. In that case, you probably shouldn't buy anything other than a broad market index fund (S&P500- or Wilshire5000-based) or an active fund managed by an Intelligent Investor.
Good luck.
-web

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I have separately set up a retirement savings plan....we should beable to save another 20k or so between now and August

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Well done on both of these.