Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

My University Money: Should I Pursue a Co-op Education? Money Beagle: Why You Should Write Your Personal Finance Executive Summary Today – Working with a clearly defined objective is key to financial success. Personal Finance Whiz: Keynesian vs Hayekian Economics – The Solution To Our Recession?

November 188

November 2011 Personal Finance Finance 188

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 30, 2013

If you have money to invest, should you put it to work when stock prices are rising every day, or should you wait until the market goes down? I’m not financial advisor or planner or trader or fund manager, but since I have money to invest, I wanted some answers to this question for my own purposes!

Economy 187

Economy Money Recession Real Estate 187

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 5, 2012

According to a Bloomberg Business Week article in 2011, the average age of Harley riders is now 47 (as opposed to 35 in 1987). His wife had been a bartender and had just switched to cleaning houses for money instead. They can save money on gas for the commute to work. You can use the money to invest instead of spending it.

Milwaukee 185

Milwaukee Money Refinancing Cars 185

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 15, 2011

However he kindly reminds everyone that reducing your driving is the best way to save money on gas, as well as save the environment! During the “great recession” when oil prices dipped, fuel efficiency took a backseat to other issues. Will the summer of 2011 be a repeat of 2008?

Transportation 159

Transportation Fuel Calculators Cars 159

Saving SAHM Sanity

JANUARY 1, 2011

This year I broke my goals down into four categories: Health, Personal, Money/Financial, and Household. So many places in my community have been hit hard with the recession and depend mainly on volunteers to stay open. It keeps me focused, organized, and busy. I purposely set myself a lot of goals.

Goals 40

Goals 2011 Journal Recession 40

Finally Frugal

JANUARY 8, 2011

This, apparently, is due to the fact that individuals won't be paying into Social Security in 2011 (which, honestly, seems rather inadvisable given the sorry state of our Social Security system, but I'm not making the decisions in D.C., One of the more interesting topics in the U.S.

Frugal 45

Frugal Spendthrift Debt Recession 45