You can guard your savings and investments against uncertainties by creating a strong emergency corpus.
An emergency corpus can be made by keeping aside a certain percentage of your annual income to use only during emergencies.
Ideally, this amount should be kept in your savings bank account. This is because, during an emergency, you don’t have to worry about the hassles of redeeming your investments.
Ideally, your emergency corpus can amount to seven to ten months of your annual salary.
Having a strong emergency corpus can ensure that you don’t have to compromise on your regular life and financial goals during an emergency.
Once you have used a part of your emergency corpus, you can put back money when you earn your next month’s salary. You can also accumulate it little by little once again.