Assuming I have a time horizon >10 years.

Edit: thanks for all the replies!!

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    As much as I hate to send you to Reddit, the r/personalfinance flowchart is hard to beat for most people. I’d recommend you start there to make sure you’re not overlooking something like your emergency fund.

    Reddit’s r/personalfinance flowchart for personal income

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      Is there a reason to focus on 401k (beyond the employer match) before HSA? Isn’t HSA more tax savings advantageous, even if just limited to health care expenses?

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        I’m not certain why they have HSA after 401k and IRA, but some possible things I can think of:

        • HSAs can be harder to take advantage of of the triple tax benefit if you’re retiring early (that is, still younger and healthier)
        • HSAs probably have worse investment options than an IRA
        • Allowing the user to optimize their Roth vs Traditional mix

        Again, I don’t really know because you’re right about the HSA triple tax advantage making it seem better than IRA or 401k, but I’m sure there was a reason given if you care to trawl the subreddit.

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      hard to beat for most people.

      *Utterly irrelevant for most people

      Sorted that for you. What the hell is 401k, Roth, medical debt?

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        Financial advice will always be intrinsically linked to fiscal advice, and that will vary with jurisdiction. Where I live we have no 401k or medical debt, but we have other debt and investment instruments with preferential tax treatment.

        The main line of the flow chart is sound.

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        Hey… hey there, I’d let you know that there are 340M Americans and 8.2B people in the World so… that’s like 4% OK… it’s… definitely “most people” because we are number 1 OK! USA, USA… /s