<prompt> Human: I have 5000 emergency savings and am going to start putting 400-500 a month into stocks. Already have about 2 grand in stocksindex funds which has been doing well. My plan is that if the stocks do well or stay the same, sell them next springsummer and use the money for an engagement ring spending 5-8k ish. If something happens to the market and my stocks go down, keep most if not all of it in the stocks and use my emergency fund and potentially finance part of the ring. Then when the market bounces up, use a combo of the stocks and some monthly savings to replenish my emergency fund. Im in a pretty secure position right now and am confident I could find another job within 6 months if anything happened.To me this seems pretty rational and a good idea. Curious what other people have to say. Also please try to keep your comments on topic - dont want to hear about how much you think I should spend on a ring or anything concerning retirement etc - Im good on those fronts. Thanks!  <response>: An engagement ring is not an emergency.Just stick the 500month into savings and by next springsummer youll have 5k-6k to spend on a ring without the risk. 