Save for a Big Purchase: Car, Trip, Wedding, or Anything
Turn a big goal into a monthly number with a date, park the money where it earns, and buy with cash instead of a payment plan. Free tools, no sign-up.
For anyone with a four- or five-figure goal on the calendar.
- Free toolSavings Goal CalculatorThe goal, the date, and the monthly amount that connects them.
- GuideHow to Save $10,000 in a Year: The Math, the Three Levers, and a 12-Month PlanThe $833-a-month math and the three levers that make it real.
- GuideSinking Funds: How to Stop Being Surprised by Predictable BillsWhy a separate bucket per goal beats one savings account.
- Free toolSinking Fund CalculatorSlice several goals into monthly deposits at once.
- GuideWhat Is a High-Yield Savings Account (And What It's Actually For)Where the money waits: earning interest while it sits.
- Free toolHYSA Interest CalculatorSee what the wait earns at a real high-yield rate.
- Free toolCD CalculatorGoals a year or more out: lock a rate and remove temptation.
- Free toolCD Ladder CalculatorSplit the money across terms so some of it comes due when you need it.
- GuideCD Ladder, Explained: Locking In Rates Without Locking Up Your MoneyWhen a ladder beats a savings account, with a five-rung worked table.
- Free toolCar Affordability CalculatorIf the purchase is a car, size it with the 20/4/10 rule first.
- GuideHow Much Car Can You Afford? The 20/4/10 Rule, Stress-TestedThe 20/4/10 rule stress-tested against total cost of ownership.
- GuideHow to Save for a House Down Payment (Without Pausing Your Life)The biggest purchase of all gets its own timeline.
- GuideHow to Budget for a Wedding: Pick the Number Before the VenueDecide the number before the venue: a $25,000 worked plan.
- GuideHoliday Budget: Start in September, Cap the List, Skip the January HangoverStart in September and skip the January card hangover.
See your whole financial picture, calmly
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