http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/11/a-tragic-and-avoidable-loss/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:34:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/11/a-tragic-and-avoidable-loss/#comment-32685 Lessons from the Current Market Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:01:20 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/11/a-tragic-and-avoidable-loss/#comment-32685 [...] If we remember this for the rest of our lives, these early blows will be as valuable as a spike in the market. I just hope things don’t get so bad that people from our generation avoid investing at all in favor of stashing it under a mattress. [...] [...] If we remember this for the rest of our lives, these early blows will be as valuable as a spike in the market. I just hope things don’t get so bad that people from our generation avoid investing at all in favor of stashing it under a mattress. [...]

]]> http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/11/a-tragic-and-avoidable-loss/#comment-723 mrsmicah Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:36:27 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/11/a-tragic-and-avoidable-loss/#comment-723 Indeed. Fireproof is another good point. I mean it's bad enough to lose your stuff in a fire. But to lose all that money because it's flammable. *shudders* Indeed. Fireproof is another good point. I mean it’s bad enough to lose your stuff in a fire. But to lose all that money because it’s flammable. *shudders*

]]> http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/11/a-tragic-and-avoidable-loss/#comment-717 E.C. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:47:05 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2007/11/11/a-tragic-and-avoidable-loss/#comment-717 If someone is odd enough to insist on cash instead of a savings account, it might be worth it to try to persuade them to get a safe deposit box at a bank. It would be better to keep the money locked in an insured, fireproof vault than around the house. If someone is odd enough to insist on cash instead of a savings account, it might be worth it to try to persuade them to get a safe deposit box at a bank. It would be better to keep the money locked in an insured, fireproof vault than around the house.

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