No Emergency Fund? Aim to Save $250
by Alicia Adamczyk on Two Cents, shared by Alicia Ada from Lifehacker on (#4B5H9)

If you're like most Americans, you might not have a ton of money saved or invested. And reading what you should have or should be saving-say, saving 20 percent each paycheck, or having your yearly salary saved by the time you're 30-can be overwhelming. So much so, that you just might not start.