Comments on: Laid Off? How To Protect Your Financial Security. http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/07/28/laid-off-how-to-protect-your-financial-security/ A place to discuss money...for the rest of us. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Strickhttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/07/28/laid-off-how-to-protect-your-financial-security/#comment-33621 Strick Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:47:07 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2128#comment-33621 Not sure who other than an investment company would tell you to find cash flow by reducing spouses withholding and using emergency fund but continue contributing to retirement account. Sure, when a new job is found, you should continue living on your reduced "emergency" budget until the emergency fund is rebuilt and then the missed retirement contributions are made up. But until that job is found, should you really do anything other than hoard cash? Not sure who other than an investment company would tell you to find cash flow by reducing spouses withholding and using emergency fund but continue contributing to retirement account.

Sure, when a new job is found, you should continue living on your reduced “emergency” budget until the emergency fund is rebuilt and then the missed retirement contributions are made up. But until that job is found, should you really do anything other than hoard cash?

]]> By: davidhttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/07/28/laid-off-how-to-protect-your-financial-security/#comment-33572 david Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:22:41 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2128#comment-33572 Yea, get them all the time. Spammers :) Yea, get them all the time. Spammers :)

]]> By: dawnhttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/07/28/laid-off-how-to-protect-your-financial-security/#comment-33570 dawn Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:54:12 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2128#comment-33570 $2, the Erica Smith reply seems bogus to me. This person, who happens to be located in queensland, Australia, has neither identified themselves, their "finance site" or the post they seek to write. I got an identical reply on my own blog. I would be careful. $2, the Erica Smith reply seems bogus to me. This person, who happens to be located in queensland, Australia, has neither identified themselves, their “finance site” or the post they seek to write. I got an identical reply on my own blog. I would be careful.

]]> By: dawnhttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/07/28/laid-off-how-to-protect-your-financial-security/#comment-33559 dawn Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:29:33 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2128#comment-33559 I'm also a big fan of t. rowe price. I created a trimmed down budget and income projection a while back, though I'm still working, just to be completely prepared should the worst case scenario happen. Here's my own 16-step guide to dealing with a layoff. http://www.creditfyi.com/Creditpedia/Manage-Your-Money/guide-to-surviving-a-layoff.htm I’m also a big fan of t. rowe price. I created a trimmed down budget and income projection a while back, though I’m still working, just to be completely prepared should the worst case scenario happen.

Here’s my own 16-step guide to dealing with a layoff. http://www.creditfyi.com/Creditpedia/Manage-Your-Money/guide-to-surviving-a-layoff.htm

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