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Tag Archives: emergency fund

Tuesday Top 5: How an Emergency Fund Protects You

April 13, 2010 – 3:12 pm

Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. There are hundreds of reasons that smart people put off creating an emergency fund: confidence that a job is secure, being in good health, maybe just feeling lucky. But can you guarantee [...]

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You’ve Won the Lottery! Now Here’s How to Not Lose it All…

July 20, 2009 – 5:12 pm

Buying an occasional lottery ticket for fun isn’t a terrible idea. At least if being virtually guaranteed to lose is your idea of a good time. After all, it’s pretty much like making a non-tax-deductible donation to the government, and if you only buy one or two every few weeks then you aren’t spending too [...]

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