Question

Shavenellyee and Sarena are sisters, both in their 20s. Shavenellyee drives a leased BMW convertible, and she makes about $42,000, including tips, as a part-time bartender at two different restaurants. although she has no employee benefits, she enjoys having flexible work hours so that she can go to the beach and the local nightspots. Currently, Shavenellyee has $10,000 in credit card debt. She has $1500 in a bank savings account, and two years ago she opened an individual retirement account (IRa) with a $1000 investment in a mutual fund. Her sister Sarena drives a paid-for Honda CR-V, pays her credit card purchases in full each month, and sacrifices some of her salary by putting $100 per month into her employer’s company stock through her 401(k) retirement account. Over the past seven years, the stock price, which was once about $40, has risen to almost $70, and Sarena’s 401(k) plan is now worth about $16,000. Sarena also has invested about $14,000 in a Roth IRA mutual fund account that is currently invested in an aggressive growth mutual fund, and she plans to use that money for a down payment on a home purchase. She earns $58,000 as a manager of a restaurant, plus she receives an annual bonus ranging from $2000 to $4000 every January that she uses for a spring vacation in Mexico. Sarena’s employer provides many employee benefits.

How could both Shavenellyee and Sarena save money and invest for the future? Portfolio diversification? Investment alternatives?

Answer 1

Sarena has a got good portfolio

Shavenellyee should clear all her debts then start to save and invest in mutual funds which are aggressive like mid cap funds and multi cap this will help to gain more returns

she can also start debt mutual fund if she sees any near term payment like in 1 year. this debt fund will get more return than bank account

she can diversicy by directly investing in stocks, bonds, NCD etc