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Starting small – Setting up your own business

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Since the recession hit in 2008 more of us than ever have gone self-employed or freelance, or set up Limited companies. In fact the number of people deciding to go it alone has increased by 374,000 since the start of the financial crisis, and now stands at a whopping 4.2 That’s one heck of.

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The ABC’s of Debt Reduction

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The economic effects of the recession of 2008 are still very much upon us. As a result of the recession, many have resolved to forever alter the way that they conduct their household business. So readers, how are you recovering from the recession? A budget will allow you to pay off your debts a whole lot faster.

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How is Your Vacation Rental Doing?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We planned our purchase in the heady days just prior to the recession of 2008/2009. We remain diversified in our portfolio and the property has regained it’s value from the ‘great recession’ downturn. We planned to rent out the property and thought it would rent quite a few days of the year. Gather the family.

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How to Handle the Stock Market Roller Coaster Ride?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Are we on our way to an actual depression (as opposed to the Great Recession)? If you want to read up on that stuff, plenty of it was written in 2008 and 2009. Write a book about our experiences during the Great Recession and this aftermath of it and offer it for sale. Am I just weird or do some of you also react that way?

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Green Investing Tips: How To Place Your Dollar In Conscious Companies

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With our national recession seeming to lift ever so slightly, many Americans are curious about the best means to invest after four years of market-shyness. While we were all plenty burned by the 2008 crash, with a slow turnaround there remain many sectors in which to place your investing dollar.

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The Danger In Assuming

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Unfortunately the recession of 2008 was not an isolated incident. Let’s just flash back to six years ago to the burst of the housing bubble, massive unemployment, and the tumble of the stock market to crush this assumption. Fluctuations and devaluations have happened before and they’ll undoubtedly happen again.

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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. They asked him what would likely cause us to come out of recession. ” The tired of scrimping effect.