article thumbnail

4 Financial Lessons Your Parents Forgot to Teach You

Saving Cents With Sense

Unfortunately, navigating the financial world wasn’t on their list of life lessons to impart, leaving you to figure it out by yourself once you’re out on your own. It’s still a tough economy, but these smart financial decisions help you stay ahead of the financial troubles that your peers face. Tackle Student Loans.

article thumbnail

Should You Invest In A Rising Market?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Is the economy really recovering or will our jobs (assuming we have one) once again disappear? In 2010 and 2011 I did get a lot of it re-invested, even though it was rising the whole time. My situation calls for getting re-invested in the market. So, who do you believe? Will the bull market end? No one knows.

Economy 187
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

How to Handle the Stock Market Roller Coaster Ride?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you want to read up on that stuff, plenty of it was written in 2008 and 2009. It’s Time to Re-Stock for Emergencies. I will re-stock the pantry and re-fill the water jugs we keep. Using the older generation’s (ye gods how did that get to be me!?) Am I just weird or do some of you also react that way?

Recession 176
article thumbnail

Why Save Money in a Low Interest Rate Environment?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Although we think of the Great Recession starting in early 2009, it wasn’t until 2013 that the 5 year CD interest rate fell below 1% – and has stayed there ever since according to Bank Rates interest survey data. The FDIC shows the US national average payout for savings accounts less than $100,000 is.06%.

Money 124
article thumbnail

Japan Relief – How You Can Help

Saving With Shellie

Pray for peace, comfort, hope and above all for miracles. :: Give – I know our economy isn’t the best and money is especially tight. Plus, Only 2% of all donations are used to cover overhead. I know there are those of you that are so devastated by our own economy you can’t imagine giving what little you have.