Where to Keep Your Emergency Fund

When it comes to maintaining an emergency fund there’s often one major mistake people make – where to keep it. Often people co-mingle their emergency savings with their regular savings. Worse yet, many of us invest the funds to make a little money on the side. A misplaced emergency fund is certainly better then no emergency fund at all, but doing it right will pay huge dividends (especially if you’re married).

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Successful Budget Meetings

When you’re getting your budget together those first few months, odds are it didn’t go off like Steve Jobs unveiling the iPhone 4.  Take heart though because we’ve all been there and figuring out what works best for your family is part of the process.  If you stick with it, you’ll find not only an [...]

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The Five Ws of Budgets

So I’ve convinced you to start budgeting for success.  What’s next?  Well, first we need to go over a few ground rules to ensure your household’s success. Who? If you’re single, this is easy. It’s just you.  If you’re married, it’s important that both of you are involved in creating the budget.  That doesn’t mean that you [...]

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