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The Nguyen family has 12,000 in total monthly expenses. They have an emergency fund of 15,000 and 40,000 in a brokerage account invested in high-beta growth stocks. Mrs. Nguyen's employer provides no disability coverage, and they have no personal policy.

Following Heuristic H6 (Risk Before Return), what is the priority?

  1. Secure disability income insurance and increase the emergency reserve to at least 36,000 before further equity accumulation.
  2. Maximize contributions to a Roth IRA to take advantage of tax-free growth while the clients are in a lower bracket. in this case
  3. Calculate the exact NPV of their current investment strategy compared to a more diversified approach.
  4. Rebalance the brokerage account to a more conservative allocation to reduce the sequence-of-returns risk.

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