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Re-Thinking the “Hallmark Holidays”

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

These presents that we’ve come to know as “typical”, for any occasion, became that way because once upon a time they were part of a similar selling strategy. Fireworks and BBQ on 4th of July. … We’ve been so bombarded with these marketing strategies that things we at one point scoffed at, we eventually crave to consume.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Shawanda Greene from You Have More Than You Think presents Why’s It Got To Be All or Nothing? Nathan Richardson from ComplexSearch.com presents What’s a Good Credit Score? Outlaw from Outlaw Finance presents Fundamental vs. Technical Analysis: A Basic Overview of Investing. I wish we had some of these in Canada.