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How to Build your Emergency Fund

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This post was first published in 2016. Do you have enough cash to cover them or would you have to rely on high-interest credit cards or a loan from your family? We could have easily grabbed our credit card during that miserable week, but thankfully, my husband and I had the cash. need to redirect this link.

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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. *. A few of my favorite personal finance books: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness , by Dave Ramsey. And Read some more.