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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Today, instead of cheering for Octoberfest, lets cheer to our success as bloggers, as a network, and as individuals. Personal Finance Whiz : What Is An Emergency Fund? One of the major components of being financially fit is to have an emergency fund. Why Do You Need One and How Does it Work?

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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And if you’re going solo with the financial goal, who will be cheering you on in your journey? They took it one step at a time though, first by building up emergency funds as quickly as possible, then by paying off the credit cards and committing to no new debt. Save for emergencies. goals to get us there.

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P.E.P for the Week of January 17-21/11- Spread the Happiness Edition

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Get Rich Slowly shares with us how we can all put money in an emergency fund no matter what our financial situtation is. Kevin at Sweating the Big Stuff tells us why we shouldn’t save for an emergency fund. We have a small fund for emergencies but most of our money is invested so we can make some money on it.

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Find out how Charissa and Her Husband Paid Off $7665 of Debt and Cash Flowed College

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The next goals in line would be to build up a 3 month emergency fund and save enough money to replace my car. I know you can and I’m cheering for you, my friend! Right now, the main goal is to finish saving up all the money my husband needs to finish school, which should be done later this year. You can do it.

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