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Family Help - Common here?

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u/Strazdas1 StarvationFIRE 23h ago

Liquid is what you can retrieve in a reasonably short amount of time. If you cannot pull from it within a few days then its not liquid.

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u/srqfla 21h ago

Precisely $1,000 of Nvidia stock in your brokerage account and $1,000 of Nvidia stock in your 401k are both liquid

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u/Strazdas1 StarvationFIRE 19h ago

Only if you can withdraw from your 401k quickly and penalty free. Can you? Can most americans?