Get newsletters, cool content and more. Your Graduation Cash Don't spend all of your graduation money.
Some basic investments can pay off big time.
Now that graduation has come and gone, you 're free to sit by the pool, shoot hoops and sip lemonade as you watch the sunny days go by. Don't turn your brain off completely. You've still got some thinking to do. If your family and friends slipped you some graduation money this year you have may have some crisp bills or neat little checks waiting in your wallet. Before you go spending it all at the semi-annual Macy's sale, consider investing it.