Emergency or Savings - Where’s Your Money Going?


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If you’ve paid off debt - or even if you haven’t, but are working towards it - then many financial planners recommend that you also keep both a savings account and some kind of emergency fund. But what happens if your car needs a sudden, expensive repair, and you have to have your car to be able to get to your job? Where should you pay this bill from - your savings account or your emergency funds? (more…)