This week has been quite a ride already and we're not even half done. Lehman Brothers is bankrupt , B of A buying Merrill Lynch , and AIG not looking so hot, searching for some emergency money ..... One of the most important things you can have in this kind of uncertain time is an emergency fund. Not only should you have it, it should be big. The next best thing you can do is cut expenses and do all that you can to shore up your financial footing because who knows where the financial axe is coming from? I know that for many people out there, it is simply too late to do much in the short term about their emergency fund and way too difficult to figure out what to do to move their money around in any significant way. There are 3 things small things you should consider doing though, right now, before the summer ends in order to start picking up some stability in these uncertain times: 1. Make sure that your "safe" money is really safe. If its safe money, it is in an account t
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