<prompt> Human: I live at home and get paid to go to college, so I have around 10,000 in savings. I know that all of you recommend to have an emergency fund, but can I use my current savings and emergency fund to get started in the stock market? I have plans to move out in maybe 6-8 months at the earliest, and year and a half from now at the latest. Worst case scenario, couldnt I pull the money from my broker and get it within a few days? I dont see any scenarios where Ill need thousands of dollars in liquidavailable cashguess thats why they call it an emergency fund because I use public transportation, have good healthdental care, etc.  <response>: Can you? Yes. Should you? Probably not. This debate has been rehashed many times, including yesterday 