A Federal Reserve study found that roughly 37 percent of American adults would be unable to cover an unexpected $400 expense using cash or its equivalent. Not $4,000. Not $40,000. Four hundred dollars.
This is not primarily a story about income. Many people who earn comfortable incomes carry essentially no liquid savings. The difference between those who have a financial cushion and those who do not is behavioral and psychological - not arithmetic.
Build Your Emergency Fund gives you the complete framework for creating the financial foundation that changes everything: the cushion that converts financial shocks from crises into inconveniences, reduces chronic financial anxiety, and makes every other financial goal more achievable.
Inside this book you will find:
This is not a book about deprivation. It is a book about foundation - creating the financial bedrock that makes everything else possible.
Build Your Emergency Fund is Book 3 in the Money Smart Series, the essential third step after Budget Like a Pro and Destroy Your Debt.