If there’s anything we should have learned from The Great Recession, it’s the importance of having a sufficient emergency fund.
Also referred to as a rainy-day fund, a cash safety net, or a cash buffer, an emergency fund is crucial in protecting our assets from any of life’s unexpected events such a loss of a job, [...]
Morningstar’s Christine Benz offers guidelines for prioritizing investment savings with paying down mortgage, credit card, and student loan debt. Always good advice.
It’s that time of the year again folks. October 18-24, 2009 has been congressionally endorsed “National Save for Retirement Week”, and is formally calling on local and national public, private and federal employers to promote the benefits of saving for retirement and encouraging their employees to take full advantage of employer-sponsored plans.
So, if you haven’t [...]
Along with getting started early, one of the most successful strategies for accomplishing a secure retirement is planning ahead for it.
The Bogleheads are here to help guide your way.
It was these experienced, knowledgeable and altruistic investors from the Bogleheads (formerly Vanguard Diehards) forum who first helped guide me on my “quest to conquer the markets” [...]
Get the 411 of personal finance watching YOUR LIFE, YOUR MONEY.
Premiering Wednesday, September 9th at 9 pm ET/PT on PBS, YOUR LIFE, YOUR MONEY tells the stories of six diverse young people who are facing the many challenges that come with making, managing, and getting the most out of money. You can also watch the [...]
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The Card Game
I have a debit card. I think I may have used it on one or two occasions in an emergency, only because I forgot that I didn’t have any cash on me and the amount seemed too small to charge. Other than that, I never use my debit card. As a skeptical consumer, I always [...]