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Are You Prepared For An Emergency?

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This emergency might be one related to a natural disaster, or it might be a financial emergency, such as a job loss. I have emergency supplies in the car, including blankets, food, flares, and First Aid. Financial contact numbers for banks, credit issuers, insurance companies, and others. Personal hygiene supplies.

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How to Handle the Stock Market Roller Coaster Ride?

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Even if you aren’t invested in the market, you wonder if this will ripple down to you in the form of more job losses, higher prices, inflation, benefit reductions and belt cinching. Do I have enough food, water, heat, light and shelter to last through depression like conditions? What Should You Do In a Market Downturn?

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

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I work in Finance/Accounting for a large corporation but I have also started a company called Every Single Dollar , which focuses on personal finance for single women. I also cashed out some company stock (about $800) I had purchased through our employee purchase program. I had planned to pay it all off in 2.5