http://www.thatonecaveman.com/2007/12/reevaluating-our-emergency-fund.html The journey of one young family out of debt and into building wealth Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:36:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.thatonecaveman.com/2007/12/reevaluating-our-emergency-fund.html/comment-page-1#comment-16 E.C. Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:32:00 +0000 http://blogtest.thatonecaveman.com/2007/12/18/reevaluating-our-emergency-fund/#comment-16 As you said, this is a personal choice, but if you do reach the point where you devote yourself to your business full-time, it might be wise to either increase your emergency fund or reduce the percentage kept in volatile investments. Over the long term, stocks and index funds are likely a great idea, but it would really hurt if you got hit with business problems as a result of an economic downturn and had to take money out of the market at a low. As you said, this is a personal choice, but if you do reach the point where you devote yourself to your business full-time, it might be wise to either increase your emergency fund or reduce the percentage kept in volatile investments. Over the long term, stocks and index funds are likely a great idea, but it would really hurt if you got hit with business problems as a result of an economic downturn and had to take money out of the market at a low.

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