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Reader Question: I Don’t Have Much Savings So Can I Use Unused Credit as an Emergency Fund?

I occasionally get questions from readers and try to answer each one to the best of my ability, but there are some questions that get asked more than others. For these types of questions I like to turn it into a post so that it can help even more people.
One of the questions I [...]

Reader Question: It Feels Like I’m Just Throwing Money Away, So Why Should I Keep Investing?

Occasionally I receive questions from readers who contact me, and I do my best to answer everything that comes my way. One question that has come up more frequently in the past few months has to do with saving for retirement and the major losses we’ve seen in the stock market. 
One of the main [...]

Couple Living in Camper After Foreclosure – Is it the Lender’s Fault? You Decide

As I was browsing some of the news on CNN, I came across a video that had the title: Foreclosure Family Camps Out, so I had to see what that was all about. I was curious to see where the blame was going to be placed, and what the details of the story [...]

Reader Question: I’m Investing Regularly, but How Do I Know if I’m Doing Well?

This question actually came in just before I wrote about using Morningstar to track your investments against an appropriate benchmark, but it is certainly worth answering for the benefit of others as well. Understanding what you should be comparing your investments to will give you a clear picture of how well you’re doing, and [...]