When we took the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University class a year or two ago we started saving up our 3-6 months of expenses as is recommended in baby step 3 of the 7 baby steps. Over time we got our emergency fund fully funded up to 6 months of expenses. With the economy tanking, having an uncertain job situation and now expecting our first child we felt more comfortable having an even larger emergency fund. So my wife and I kept building the account and now have a 9 month emergency fund saved up. That should be enough to cover all our expenses and then some for 9 or more months.  Read more... (1105 words, 11 images, estimated 4:25 mins reading time)

• TARP 2009: Where Are They Now? Part II Yesterday, I talked about the people that made TARP happen, now I want to talk about the companies that benefited from TARP. Citigroup: Citi got $50 billion from the government after a failed attempt to purchase faltering Wachovia.  Despite being in really bad financial shape, they’ve hung on and are......
• Roundup for week of 19 August 2007: Prestige Edition Here are some posts of interest with blogs from the MBN and others in my regular feed-reading:Five Cent Nickel reveals the secret to making money in the stock market.Free Money Finance comments on how much you can borrow to build your own home.All Financial Matters describes how to meet future......