Comments on: Where Do You Stash Your Money?

By: Paulie R.

Paulie R. — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:10:35 +0000

I think it is not a bad idea to have $1000 or so stashed in the house. Back in the bad old days following 9/11 I started thinking about “what if’s” like an emergency evacuation order. I wouldn’t want to depend on credit and debit cards, because a large power failure might render them useless. A bit paranoid, but right now my money market account pays .5 % so why not keep some cash around.

By: Studenomics

Studenomics — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:07:05 +0000

Personally I believe in holding money in some sort of interest bearing account. When money is stashed away under your pillow it gains no interest. with that being said, there is nothing wrong with hiding some money in your home for the peace of mind.

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:10:01 +0000

I keep my main emergency fund in an ING savings account that now pays 2.75%, but it takes several days to access that money. I’m going to fix that problem by opening an ING checking account with a debit card, so money can be transferred & available immediately, if needed.

I always keep $1000 cash on hand for immediate use in case of emergency or unexpected expense. I keep it in a large waterproof-fireproof safe box in the back of my closet, along with important family records.

As Traciatim said – In an emergency CASH IS KING!

By: disneysteve

disneysteve — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:16:00 +0000

Some people don’t use banks because they can’t meet the minimums. Some have lousy credit and can’t open an account. Some collect welfare and could lose their benefits if the authorities learned that they had a bunch of money in savings. Some have legal issues, child support, back taxes, etc. and keep their money off of the books for that reason. Some work “under the table” and don’t pay taxes so they don’t use banks to keep that money off the record. Some are here illegally and can’t open an account. And many live paycheck to paycheck and simply have no need for a bank because they have no money to keep in one.

By: Traciatim

Traciatim — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:16:08 +0000

I believe it’s simple a fear of loss of control. In an emergency cash is king. In a real emergency you will likely have no access to debit, credit cards, ATMs or the like. If you have enough cash to fill your gas tank, get a couple hotel rooms, buy food, etc. you will be much further ahead than the people who are trying to use debit with no power.

Some people may refer to this as their emergency fund. I keep the emergency fund at the bank, for things like a home heating failure, car failure, plumbing failure, or similar. I’d like to call on-site cash the GTFO fund . . . for obvious reasons.

By: K

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:33:27 +0000

some banks pay crap for savings accounts. and bank of america pays none for student checking.
either way i’d stack at least a thousand bucks or so at home in a heavy safe! lol