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Money Matters - How to Build Healthy Financial Habits and Prevent Future Debt

Motherhood Moments

In this blog post, we'll share some of the top financial habits that can help you improve your financial mindset and reduce your chances of falling head over heels in debt. Emergencies do happen, so it's essential to have a savings cushion to fall back on when unexpected expenses pop up. Save for a rainy day. Thanks for reading!

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Friday Links – Too Swamped Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Working to build your emergency fund? Read up on emergency fund basics at Money Smart Guides. If you are new to PET or haven’t gotten a chance to read all the articles in the past, here are few archives you might enjoy. Confused about how much you should save and how you should go about saving it? As December.

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Yakezie Carnival November 13, 2011- November Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Money Cactus: Wealth Creation Online: Invest It Wisely Interview – There are a stack of really great personal finance blogs online and keeping up with them can be tough, this series introduces you to those who I think are well worth knowing about. Today I’m going to talk about getting those emergency funds going.

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Intentional Spending – Being Ready For An Emergency

For the Mommas

As a part of my Back to Basics series , I am writing a post on how to start an emergency fund. Amy’s emergency fund saved her — when her heater went out on New Years Eve. Without an emergency fund, this could have been an major financial blow. Don't miss the newest deals.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Kevin Mulligan from RothIRA.com’s Retirement Planning Blog tells us how to Take Advantage of Retirement Accounts for a Side Business. Jim Yih from Retire Happy Blog discusses Reverse Mortgages , and says, “Reverse mortgages are marketed effectively but are they really all they are cracked up to be?

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This was the first opportunity to highlight articles from the newly formed Yakezie network. Better to refinance and sink those funds into the treasury market! Tax Rebate Blog: How Much Can you Earn Before Paying Tax in 2011 Tax allowances and brackets change each year. Personal Finance Whiz : What Is An Emergency Fund?

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Each clip corresponds with one of the blog posts included this week. I hope you enjoy them and the great articles they support. John S from Frugal Rules shares Blogging Tips From a Beginner , and says, “Before I began blogging, I thought there was a difficult point of entry.