An emergency fund is a fund that is used to provide financial assistance in unexpected or immediate emergencies. When an unexpected or urgent financial crisis arises and you need immediate money, such as,
you or a member of your family suddenly falls ill and needs treatment beyond the initial limit where the amount of money is more than the normal expectation or you or a member of your family meets with a major accident like a road accident and needs emergency treatment, or to help someone close to you in a major danger.
If you ignore the emergency fund while investing, you may face some problems that are not expected at all:
1/ You may be forced to sell your holdings at a loss due to not having extra money to deal with the emergency situation. Which may be a big regret for you.
2/ Without an emergency fund, there may be a delay in getting money at the right time and you may have to struggle to solve the problem.
3/ It is almost impossible to sustain investments for a long time with poor financial management, which is why without an emergency fund, you can become a failed investor and it can have a negative impact on your quality of life.
In this case, if you can prepare an emergency fund, you can bear the expenses from your own funds if you suddenly need money, you will not have to rely on others or face unwanted situations such as selling your investments. An emergency fund helps a long-term investor invest safely and increases the chances of success in long-term investments.
although keeping an emergency funds is really good idea because of the kind of season we are right now in our country despite that this emergency funds only apply to does that have a good income because for those that dont have is a no go area, relatively to the economic situation