MBN Group Writing Project: Emergency Funds

This month’s writing project focuses on "emergency funds." The participating bloggers will share tips, pointers, and opinions about the generally-accepted financial advice that dictates that individuals should be able to access cash for emergencies.

Here are the articles.

• Consumerism Commentary: 50 Tips to Help Establish Your Emergency Fund
• Five Cent Nickel: How to Build an Emergency Fund
• Free Money Finance: Real Life Example of Why You Need an Emergency Fund
• Get Rich Slowly: Learning to Love the Emergency Fund
• Mighty Bargain Hunter: Revisit Your Emergency Fund Periodically

All bloggers are invited to participate. Please email us with a link to your article from April 2008 pertaining to emergency funds and we will add it to the list.

• My Retirement Blog: Save to Retirement Fund or Emergency Fund?
• Prime Time Money: Your Emergency Fund is So Big…
• Debt Free Revolution: How Big an Emergency Fund to Save Up?
• Quest for Four Pillars: Emergency Funds and Tax-Free Savings Account
• Girls Just Wanna Have Funds: Emergency Funds vs. Savings Accounts: Navigating the Grey Area
• Poorer Than You: The Importance of an Emergency Fund in College
• Green Panda Treehouse: Rebuilding an Emergency Fund
• I’ve Paid for this Twice Already: All Funds are Emergency Funds Until You Have a Sufficient Buffer
• Being Frugal: Reaping the Rewards of Our Emergency Fund
• Blunt Money: When Should You Start an Emergency Fund?
• Plonkee Money: Emergency Funds are No Fun
• Bored Finance: Real-Life Example of Why You Need an Emergency Fund
• Your Finish Rich Plan: 10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Emergency Savings Fund
• You Might as Well Burn $5: What If Rent Was Already in the Bank?
• Pants in a Can: Emergency Savings - Should I Bother?
• Blueprint for Financial Prosperity: Laddering Your Emergency Fund
• Ask Mr. Credit Card: Emergency Sources of Funds and Income Complement your Emergency Funds
• Think Your Way to Wealth: Emergency Fund 101: A Crucial Step on the Road To Financial Well-Being

Have a link to add? If it was written and published in April and pertains to emergency funds, let us know on the MBN Forums and it will be included.

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