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

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Create an Emergency Fund Let’s talk personal finances— $8,883 —that’s how much American households have in terms of emergency funds on average. The ideal scenario is that your emergency fund should look to cover at least six months of all your monthly household expenses should you suddenly lose your income.

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Which Insurance Policies Should You Absolutely Have?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Even though many of us grumble about paying insurance premiums, the reality is that insurance is necessary for many of us. Insurance is designed to help us cover the costs associated with replacing expensive assets. Whether or not you need insurance depends on your particular situation. What Do You Own? Covering Yourself.

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How to Budget (and Pay) for Yearly Bills + a FREE Speadsheet

Family Balance Sheet

They can cause a panic, especially when just one bill is into the four figures, like our property taxes or auto insurance! Our home owner’s insurance, auto insurance, and local real-estate taxes (for our home and our business property) are due, and on top of that, there have been years where we also owed the Federal government.

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How to Prevent Three Common Disastrous Personal Financial Mistakes

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Lack of An Emergency Fund . One of the most common disastrous finance mistakes is not having any sort of financial back-up for emergencies. Experts recommend an emergency fund of at least six month’s salary as essential, especially if you are struggling to make ends meet.

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Small Money Mistakes That Have Big Consequences

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Not Having an Emergency Fund It is dangerous to spend every cent you earn and not to have buffer against illness, injury, job loss or hard economic times. Make establishing an emergency fund a priority. Not Being Properly Insured You are the wage-earner, the care-giver, the home-maker, whichever of these titles you hold.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Tom Drake from Canadian Finance Blog clarifies our Understanding of Term Life Insurance. 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? “The family is the school of duties- founded on love.&#.