Suze Orman

Maybe you know right now that you are healthy or at least able to work.

You know many things about your financial situation.

You also know if you don't have an emergency account.

You know if your credit cards are maxed.

You know that the only asset that you have really is your home.

You know that the only money that you have is the cash, the equity in your home.

You know that many of you may be house rich, cash poor.

You know

all these things at this point in time.

But let's talk about the unknown.

The unknown really is, and artificial intelligence plays into this, the economy plays into this,

Look at what's happening with the TSA.

Look what happened with the federal government when all of a sudden doggy, I call it doggy, T-O-G-E, doggy came in and hundreds of thousands of people lost a job that they thought they were going to have forever.

Good paying jobs.

Really everybody?

So the question becomes that you have to ask and answer.

Will you always know that you have that job?

Do you always know that your income is going to be there?

Because even if it is not there, do you know that you have enough money in an emergency account to pay your mortgage, pay your expenses for at least 12 months?

Do you know that?