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      • Number Contributions You must Pay to Qualify for a Full Pension
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          • BORN BETWEEN 1956 AND 1958 AND WORKED AS AN EMPLOYEE AND SELF-EMPLOYED
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Daily Archives: February 4, 2021

Why is a Rainy Day Fund Important to Have?

General, Managing your moneyBy AdminFebruary 4, 2021

If you have followed our ĠEMMA posts as well as webinars on the Pulse Money Management survey you will find that we speak of a rainy day fund. Before proceeding further, there are some who differentiate between an ‘emergency’ fund and a ‘rainy day fund’. The different between the two is that an emergency fund…

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