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Are You Prepared For An Emergency?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This emergency might be one related to a natural disaster, or it might be a financial emergency, such as a job loss. Financial contact numbers for banks, credit issuers, insurance companies, and others. You never know when an emergency will arise.

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How to Handle the Stock Market Roller Coaster Ride?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. Dollar cost average that saved up cash into emerging companies that I think will flourish in the next fifty years.

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Managing Family Finances: Tips and Strategies for a Better Financial Future

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Emergencies constitute things like: Job loss Medical emergencies Accidents Unplanned large purchases (necessary large purchases) Natural disaster expenses You absolutely need to have this money set aside somewhere it can be easily accessed but also not within your day-to-day reach.

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

Family Balance Sheet

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 Simply doing a budget.