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How to Build your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

According to a recent survey , over half of Americans have less than $1000 in their savings and checking accounts. With little money in their bank accounts, these Americans couldn’t afford these unfortunate expenses without using a credit card or maybe relying on a loan from family and friends. A Very Tough Year.

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How to Build your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

According to a recent survey , over half of Americans have less than $1000 in their savings and checking accounts. With little money in their bank accounts, these Americans couldn’t afford these unfortunate expenses without using a credit card or maybe relying on a loan from family and friends. A Very Tough Year.

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5 Books with Insights that Changed the Way I Think About Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Save money in a bank account (or perhaps a company retirement plan). Even though we bought a house in 2007, I never once expected it to be a money-maker. If all you do is use the savings account, you’ll never grow your wealth fast enough to truly enjoy it while you are young enough to. Get a good job.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

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” Recently Go Banking Rates conducted two studies on savings rates with startling results. Almost 70% of Generation X have less than $1000 in personal savings account. *. of Generation X report a retirement savings account balance of $0.**. We had a very tough year back in 2007.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

We lived off my salary and banked Alan’s even before we were married so that we could build our own house (literally), paying cash as we went. Now I wish those dollars had gone into our savings accounts. In 2007, when the kids were 8 and 13, we recreated that trip – with a travel trailer and bunks instead of a miniscule tent.