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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When the Great Recession began in 2008/2009, my boss at the time (a Vice President of the company) and her spouse consulted their financial adviser to see what they should do. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does a survey multiple times a year, called the Consumer Expenditure Survey. percent in 2010 following a decrease of 2.8

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Holiday Shopping Tips from Personal Finance Commentator Regina Lewis

Nicoles Nickels

Her segments cover economic and consumer trends. Regina’s bottom-line: help consumers save time and money. Consumers can save on an average of 20%-30% on products by doing their research and comparison shopping for everything on their shopping list [source: PriceGrabber]. © 2010 Nicoles Nickels LLC All Rights Reserved.

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Investment Methods

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My copy has a copyright date of 2008. Unfortunately, I was doing this from 2010 through 2013, part of the longest bull run we’ve had in the US recently. Although we tried diligently to follow this at one point in our lives, we found it a bit too time consuming to really follow it long term.

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