Prairie Eco-Thrifter
AUGUST 15, 2012
The Advantages of Root Cellaring Since the 2008 recession, many people have rediscovered the savings, joys and health benefits of locally grown food – whether. Just as you can build a solid emergency fund by starting small, it’s possible to build up your home food storage a little at a time. So, what do you do for food storage?
Savings Corner
APRIL 4, 2024
Most accounts are government-insured up to $250,000 per account type per bank, so you’ll be compensated even if the financial institution fails. The bank tells you what rate you’ll get, and its goal is that the value per share won’t be less than $1,” he says. But in general, it’s lower risk than a growth stock.”
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Discount Coder UK
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
We were watching TV last night and discussing how radically things have changed since 2008 when the credit crunch and banking crisis wrecked what turned out to be a hideously unstable economy. Back then several friends of ours were thinking about buying second properties to let or as a holiday home. And people were buying. Business'
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 3, 2013
Hmmmm, in 2008 one of the biggest fears was that credit markets would dry up causing massive restrictions in banks lending to one another and therefore massive refusals to lend money to us. If this particular part of the crisis had not been averted, bank and business failures would have been even more prolific.
Discount Coder UK
DECEMBER 20, 2013
The British economy seems to have turned a corner at last, five years after the credit crunch and banking crisis hit the headlines and the world we knew imploded. Looking back at the bad old days It’s hard to imagine, these days, how back in 2008 so many people were. What a year it’s been! Seasonal'
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
DECEMBER 8, 2014
In 2008-2009 when we had the credit crunch and recession, there was at least one day when stores were not accepting credit. If you use your debit card, and sometimes even if you use a check, you are charged a transaction fee by your bank. I always just go into my bank to get it. Cash is almost universally accepted.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
Aside from a couple of brief forays into non-bank type accounts in the eighties and one family investment club, my investing experience dates to the early 1990’s. I set it up so that I had a certain dollar amount moved from my bank (where my check was automatically deposited) to my Vanguard account. The market goes up and down.
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