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🌱 Are you keeping too much—or too little—cash on hand?

Happening soon: Handmade Holiday Market with GLAM on the Lathrup Village Patch calendar

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  • Are you keeping too much—or too little—cash on hand?

Also on today's calendar: Handmade Holiday Market with GLAM and 1 more event.

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Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy, a flurry; cold, with a high of 27 and low of 16 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Friday: Cloudy, flurries; chilly, temps: high: 29, low: 18.
  • Saturday: Very cold with a few flurries, with a high of 24 and low of 7 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Here's how much cash you should keep in your portfolio, according to experts (cnbc.com) — A Lathrup Village financial planner is urging residents to keep at least seven months of living expenses in easily accessible cash, given how long job searches can now take. The piece explains how much of your portfolio to hold in cash versus bonds or other investments, and outlines practical options like high-yield savings, money market funds, CDs, and bond ladders to balance safety and growth.
   

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  • Southfield Parks & Recreation will host a Gingerbread House Workshop and Contest December 17 from 10:30 a.
    m. - 12 p.m. Build and decorate your very own gingerbread house using provided supplies, then see how your creation stacks up in our lighthearted… (Nextdoor )
  • The Friends of the Southfield Public Library will sponsor a special free Jazz & Blues @ your Library on December 10 from 6:30-8:30 p.
    m. featuring the Phil Hale Quartet. The Phil Hale Quartet is a Detroit-based jazz band of phenomenally-talented musicians: Phil Hale on keys, John… (Nextdoor )

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  • Joe Louis Southern Kitchen Opens New Oakland County Location (patch.com)
  • Ringwald Theatre celebrates holidays with ‘Steel Magnolias' parody (candgnews.com)
  • The Friday Five — Dec. 12-14 (candgnews.com)

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