Keeping Money Under The Mattress

Another 9 percent keep their cash.

Keeping money under the mattress.

Real adults who make smart choices keep their money in the bank. Whether it is metaphorical or not keeping your cash under the mattress means it is readily available at your house. A little less than 20 percent of americans hide cash in a sock drawer while 11 percent put it under the mattress and 10 percent secure it in a cookie jar. Or at least they should.

Keeping large amounts of money in your house rather than in a bank or building society is a bad idea because. Usually a reference to stashing money under the mattress or in a shoebox is a joke. As many as 28 million people in the united states are forgoing traditional financial institutions. At first this seems to fly right in the face of everything i preach on this site.

A new survey of more. I believe that hiding money under the mattress is prevalent in pop culture due to great depression era bank runs creating a need for cash storage in the home. If you live far from an atm and have a need for cash to pay for produce at the. Not only is it the first place any burglar would look but your mattress won t protect your money from fire or flood.

The widespread poverty during the 1930s meant that safes were no longer affordable for the penniless majority and as a result literally sleeping on top of your savings became one of the safest bets in lieu of something with a lock. After all the financial advice i give out on this site i keep a decent amount of cash under my mattress actually it s in another secure place in my home but it s effectively the same thing. Your savings will lose value over time you won t earn any interest.