Beret (Bourree) Lam

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435 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2020 last heard Jan 2024

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Knowing Your Numbers Can Lead You to Financial Freedom · 7 Jan 2024 podcast

Very basic. matched

Bucket two, the money you have coming in. matched

Whether that's a paycheck, whether that's passive income, whether that's extra side jobs. matched

Bucket three, we have your savings. matched

Bucket four, we have your debts. matched

And then bucket five, we have everything else. matched

And those are the little things, right? matched

Like maybe that bank account you had when you were 15 that still has $100 in it or something. matched

Or maybe you have some benefits through your employer. matched

You might have an HSA or an FSA. matched

That's money, too, that you should be taking into your financial picture when you're making goals and spending. matched

you need to know your numbers because you need to know what actions you're going to take. matched

This is the premeditation step of what am I going to do? matched

Before you do, you learn about your numbers. matched

Julia is absolutely right. matched

We're not telling you that this many income streams is bad or good, but there's one thing, one definite thing that all the experts that we've talked to in our years of personal financial reporting will tell you. matched

that we are going to tell you, which is have that emergency savings account, three to six months of expenses. matched

And that's part of knowing your numbers. matched

If you know what your monthly expenses are, then you can properly determine how much you need in your emergency savings account. matched

And we know from the pandemic, we know from, you know, different life events like job loss, anything can happen. matched

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