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The Prairie Eco-Thrifter Giveaway Extravaganza: 2nd Anniversary with an iPad 3 and over $200 Cash To Be Won Plus a Bonus Prize

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While many personal finance sites focus on things such as getting out of debt, saving for retirement, and investing, what really matters to me the most is how we can live healthy prosperous lives. The site has grown and changed so much and I owe it all to you, my readers. Thank you for helping me and teaching me so many different things.

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Investment Methods

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Author of Forbes article Why You Should Take Joel Greenblatt’s ‘Magic Formula’ Stocks Seriously , Charles Sizemore thinks it works, others don’t. philosophy (Keep it simple, stupid). Greenblatt maintains a web site Magicformulainvesting.com. Investing is not our life.

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How I’m Inherently Frugal

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While this philosophy may not be the best boost for my social life, it is a great boost for my savings account! I don’t allow myself to have credit card debt, so I have to have the cash to back up all my purchases. I learned this philosophy from my parents, who taught me nearly from birth that saving money was important.

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