Comments on: Emergency Fund Cash: How Much Is Enough?

By: Where’s Your Opportunity Fund? | Personal Finance 101

Where’s Your Opportunity Fund? | Personal Finance 101 — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:19:54 +0000

[...] as akin to the emergency fund, which I have talked about as well. Many folks like to keep their emergency fund and “opportunity money” separate. This is probably the ideal situation for most. [...]

By: moneymonk

moneymonk — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:13:18 +0000

@moneygardner- “Diapers are the biggest repeatable expense”

I agree, after that it’s not that bad.

Once we had our first, I think we was over dramatic. We spent no more than a $1000 bucks on baby furniture and diapers during the first year. The rest came from grandparents and baby shower.

But of course each parent is different

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:55:37 +0000

I think us in the middle class to higher middle class are bunch of programmed monkeys. We do and say the same things. The one area of your financial statement your not working on is the income side. That is why me and all of us will be stuck in the rat race of life. Savers and Losers, Cash is trash. Cash flow is king!!

By: FCC

FCC — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:09:06 +0000

Tyler,

Congrats on the baby! I just wanted to throw in my two cents. I’ve always found that three to six months of expenses was enough for an emergency fund. You figure the worst case scenario is you lose your job and hopefully by the end of six months you have a new one.

Keep up the great work

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:38:32 +0000

Thank you all for your congratulations and good wishes. I hope to get back to updating this site on a more regular basis once things settle down a bit here.
I have been out of the loop for a few days and am trying to get back into the swing of things.
Thanks again for the comments!
-Tyler