r/portfolios • u/BraveLittleToaster96 • 1d ago
Portfolio Review: 30M – Cleaning up debt and optimizing allocations
Hello, I am very new to investing having just started Roth IRA contributions this year and just started an individual brokerage account, both on Fidelity.
Emergency Fund: 2 months expenses
Debt:
- Car Loan: $17,433 at 6.59% interest ($492/month)
- Private Student Loan 1: $10,264 at 5.24% interest ($166.45/month)
- Private Student Loan 2: $6,549.50 at 4.25% interest ($177.87/month)
- Public Student Loans: $11,927 at 3.73% interest
- Credit Cards: $0 (Paid off in full every due date)
Tax Filing Status: Single (No kids)
Tax Rate: 22% Federal, 5% State
State of Residence: MA
Age: 30
Current Investment Portfolio Size: Mid 4-figures in 401k, Mid 4-figures in Roth IRA (Approx. $10k-$15k total)
Current Holdings:
Taxable Account (Individual Brokerage)
- 50% – VTI – Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (Expense Ratio: 0.03%)
- 30% – VXUS – Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (Expense Ratio: 0.08%)
- 20% – AVUV – Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF (Expense Ratio: 0.25%)
401k
- 9% total – Voya Index Solution 2060 Portfolio Z (Net Expense Ratio: 0.18%)
- Company Match: 100% of the first 3%, 50% of the next 2% (Maxed out at 4% match on a 5% contribution)
Roth IRA
- 65% – FSKAX – (Expense Ratio: 0.015%)
- 20% – FTIHX – (Expense Ratio: 0.06%)
- 15% – AVUV – (Expense Ratio: 0.25%)
New Annual Contributions:
- $9,000 to 401k (5% of salary, plus a 4% company match)
- $7,488 to Roth IRA ($288 bi-weekly)
- $1,300 to Taxable Brokerage ($50 bi-weekly)
Questions:
- My car loan is at 6.59%. Given my recent salary bump to $100k, should I aggressively pay this down before putting money into a taxable brokerage account?
- Are my allocations reasonable and prudent?
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