Savings vs Investments

When I was starting to invest, I had the urge to go ahead and take the plunge instead of building an emergency fund first. And even after I had an emergency fund, I wanted to go ahead and put all my money on stocks and equity funds.

I would later learn it's a somewhat natural reaction, as other beginner investors I knew and some readers who've contacted me either did the same or wanted to do the same.

But  eventually I found out first hand that it's better to save also and not just invest. And to talk more about saving vs investing, we have guest blogger Hui Min.
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