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How to Get into the Stock Market

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Traditional investment advice says that you shouldn’t invest in the market until you are financially stable, have an emergency fund and have taken care of other basics, such as insurance of all kinds, debt removal and etc. My father-in-law lined up his grown sons and daughters to chip into a fund, from which he bought stock.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

“To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck.&#. Squirrelers from Squirrelers presents The Case for a Bigger Emergency Fund. Is the conventional advice of keeping a 3 to 6 month emergency fund still valid? This is something we can all try.