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What Is a Stock Market Index? Defined and Listed

Savings Corner

Others use investing strategies like growth, value, or dividend investing to select component stocks. The rise of index mutual funds and ETFs has led to a proliferation of indexes to help fund managers use passive investing strategies to minimize costs and let investors tailor their portfolio exposure as precisely as they like.

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Save Money with Geothermal Heat

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

According to the Department of Energy, the biggest draw on your home energy use comes from heating your home - Almost 45% of the overall cost! Even better, there is a way to extract that heat from the warm earth and use it to heat your home. They degrade over time and they don’t save you that much money.

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Meet a Reader | Ginger from Texas

The Frugal Girl

I had two older siblings, but my sister passed away in a car accident in 2000 and my brother passed away from MS in 2020 so now I’m an only child. How did you get interested in saving money? I remember a shirt that I loved wearing with a caption about saving energy by turning off lights. What do you splurge on?

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How to Build your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Life suddenly changed for most of us in March 2020 and this past year of the pandemic has reinforced how important an emergency fund is. If you’re able, maybe use some of your stimulous money to put towards building an emergency fund. What helped us through that time was the money we had saved in our emergency account.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. And while I don’t like parting with our money, I am grateful that this repair won’t send us into financial distress. Personally, I think a starter fund should be $2000-$3000.

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Mr. Rebates $100 Amazon Giftcard Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

Rebates is to make sure that our members save money on every online purchase that is made through our website. How do we help you save money on your online purchases? First, we offer a cash back rebate at over 2000 popular stores like Best Buy, Dell, JCPenney, Nordstrom and more.

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How to Make a Two Dollar Seventy Five Cent Centerpiece

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We decided to re-label 10 empty wine bottles using a picture of an historical event for each decade of her life. I already had saved up a box full of wine bottles, in hopes of selling them at my next garage sale, so we didn’t have any cash outlay for those. 2000′s Attack on America (9/11/2001).

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