Financial health / July 2026 reading
Am I actually going to be okay?
Steady reads your six accounts once a day and answers the question in one number, then names the exact two things standing between you and a yes. No products to buy, no advisor calls.
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- Once daily, 6:40am local
- Answer format
- One score, two fixes
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Your steady score
Tuesday 21 July 2026 · up 6 points since January · next reading in 22 hours
Overall reading
Scale 0 to 100- Band
- Steady, 68 to 84
- Since Jan
- +6.0
- Percentile
- 74th
On track to be okay at 65, with two things to fix
Your income covers your life and the savings habit is real. The gap is thin cash and one high-rate balance quietly costing you $128 a month in interest.
- 1 Rebuild the cash buffer 4.1 months of runway today. Reaching 6 removes your single largest risk. +7
- 2 Clear the 22.4% card balance $6,840 on the Meridian card. Gone by November 2027 at $520 a month. +5
What moved this month
01 Jul to 21 JulSteady never sells you a product. Your score is the only thing we optimise, and we show the arithmetic behind every point.
This week from your coach
Mon 20 Jul“Your grocery spend jumped $260 last month, but you also moved $400 into savings, so the trade was fine. Do not fix this one. Fix the card.”
Steady coach · reviewed by a human planner, CFP 41822
How this reading is built
Method v4.2- Savings rate
- 30%
- Cash runway
- 25%
- Debt load
- 25%
- Retirement track
- 20%
Weights are fixed for everyone and published in full. We do not adjust them to flatter a score, and we do not score anything we cannot show you the arithmetic for.
- Savings rate
- Cash runway
- Debt load
- Retirement track
Up from 9% a year ago. Target 15%.
Down 1.3 months since March. Fix 1.
Target under 20% · $6,840 at 22.4%
$412,600 held of a $509,000 pace
Projected score to age 70
| Account | State | Balance |
|---|---|---|
| Northcrest CheckingEveryday spending · ****4192 | Healthy | $4,120 |
| Harbourvale SavingsEmergency fund · 4.30% APY | Below target | $16,940 |
| Meridian Card22.4% APR · $128 / mo interest | Fix 2 | -$6,840 |
| Employer 401(k)Target-date 2050 fund · 6% match | On pace | $318,400 |
| Rollover IRAIndex blend · 0.04% expense | On pace | $94,200 |
| Auto loan, Alder Credit Union3.9% APR · ends Nov 2028 | Leave it | -$11,260 |
Try a change
Unsaved scenarioDrag either control. The dial, the projection, and the age-70 endpoint all recompute from the same model.
Savings rate reaches 16.1%
3 more earning years, 3 fewer to fund
Together these move you from 72 today to a projected 84 by age 55, and buy back $128 a month of interest you are paying right now.
Score at 70 88What the readings add up to
Households know their number
Scored since Steady opened in 2024, across 41 states.
Median points gained in year one
The median score moves from 61 to 72 for members who action both fixes.
Saved per member per year
Mostly interest avoided, plus idle cash moved to a real yield.
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