 TITLE: How Much Money Should You Keep in Checking and Savings? CONTENT: Smart Funding Lays the Groundwork\n---------------------------------\nSpending and saving—checking and savings—are the push and pull of personal finance. Keeping your accounts properly funded with one or two months of expenses in checking and another three to six months of expenses in savings helps you balance these forces and can form the foundation for reaching larger goals like investing, saving for retirement or building wealth. END