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5 Economic Assumptions We (still) Make That Won’t Always Be True

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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.

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Can’t Afford Private School? It May Not Matter.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Department of Education shows that there’s not as big a difference between public and private school performance as many believe – at least when it comes to reading and math. Medium tuition”, according to Great Schools “for their member private day schools in 2008-2009 in the United States was $17,441.

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6 Things I Learned When I Became an Investor

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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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