Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 17, 2011

Even if you aren’t invested in the market, you wonder if this will ripple down to you in the form of more job losses, higher prices, inflation, benefit reductions and belt cinching. In fact, my first draft of this article was going to detail just that. This economic downturn is just the ticket to accomplish some of those actions.

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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’d rather buy stocks at a lower price and sell them at a higher one if I can. Is the economy really recovering or will our jobs (assuming we have one) once again disappear?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

In today’s tight economic climate, many people wonder what is the best method of improving their financial position. In this article we will look at the pros and cons of saving and investing, as well as reducing debt, as a means of gaining financial security. What do you do? Save or invest?

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Finally Frugal

JANUARY 12, 2011

That comment made me think about all of the news articles written by supposed 'experts' who predicted that we had (or would) hit bottom in 2008, or 2009, or 2010, or even 2011! Way to protect your backside, economic experts!) It seems that those of us in the trenches (like my commenter) may have more insight than the experts!

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