Five Steps to Secure Your Financial Future

Strategies for Tough Times: Five Steps to Secure Your Financial Future

By Jean Chatzky with reporting from Arielle Gowen

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Read the newspapers, turn on the radio or television, and you'll get overwhelming evidence of something you probably already know: Times are tough. That's why you need an emergency fund.

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Published on June 03, 2008