Posts Tagged ‘Emergency Fund’
Helping Employees Build Emergency Funds
Personal financial struggles are impacting the lives of so many Americans that corporations are starting to take note of the many ways it’s affecting their employees. As a result, some employers are working to take an active role in helping their employees build up emergency savings accounts. According to Bankrate, 60% of Americans don’t have…
Read MoreAdvice for Young Adults
How we start our journey into adulthood can often set the course for the rest of our lives, so it’s important that we make good decisions from the very beginning. The problem is that so many of the financial issues facing us at that age are completely new and we don’t know how to make…
Read MoreMoody Radio Interview – Lessons from the Government Shutdown
The government shutdown is a highly politicized event, but it’s important for us to remember the human lives that are suffering as a result. We not only need to actively love our neighbors during this time, but we should also use it as a time of preparation for when something similar could happen to us. …
Read MoreMoody Radio Interview – Building an Emergency Fund
We discussed how to build an emergency fund on this broadcast. The following recording is from “Mornings with Kelli and Linda” on Moody Radio Indiana (97.9 FM). You can read the corresponding article here. For more information on Moody Radio, go to moodyradio.org/indiana. Brad Graber, CFP® has been working with clients on personal financial…
Read MoreHow to Build an Emergency Fund
Some advisors might tell you to not worry about building an emergency fund as long as you have debt to pay off. That advice comes from a perspective that you’re paying more interest on that debt than you can earn on a savings account and if an emergency comes up, you can just borrow that…
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