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How to Build your Emergency Fund

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Life suddenly changed for most of us in March 2020 and this past year of the pandemic has reinforced how important an emergency fund is. If you’re able, maybe use some of your stimulous money to put towards building an emergency fund. That emergency fund saved our business, our sanity, and our marriage.

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How to Build your Emergency Fund

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According to a recent survey , over half of Americans have less than $1000 in their savings and checking accounts. With little money in their bank accounts, these Americans couldn’t afford these unfortunate expenses without using a credit card or maybe relying on a loan from family and friends. What is an Emergency Fund?

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Why Save Money in a Low Interest Rate Environment?

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To learn to live within your means is one of our primary family money values. Each year I bring them together in my Grandma Rie’s Money Camp and focus on different aspects of personal finance, with saving being a focus in each camp. Why would they want to save their money to get pennies a year on their principal?

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It’s Not Too Late to Save for the Holidays

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If you’ve not yet set aside any money for holiday shopping, know that there are things you can do now to reduce holiday expenses and round up the extra money. There’s no point in using more money than you need to. There’s no point in using more money than you need to. How to Make Extra Money.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Jason Price from One Money Design interviews Chuck Bentley: The Root of Riches Book Interview. Chuck wrote the book to challenge how people think about money.&#. Your City or County May Have Free Money For You. Crystal from Stupid Cents talks 401k Allocation and where to put your money. Thanks for the honesty.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Money Cone: 9 Impulse Buys that Turned Out Better than Expected We’ve all bought stuff based on commercials that turned out nothing like how it was advertised. Live Real, Now: Make Extra Money, Part 6: Setting Up a Site In this installment of the Make Extra Money series, LRN is going to show you how to set up a WordPress site.

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