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Compound Interest: What It Is, Formula, Examples

Savings Corner

For example, if you invest $1,000 at 5% simple interest for 10 years, you can expect to receive $50 in interest every year for the next decade. In the investment world, bonds are an example of an investment that typically pays simple interest. In other words, if you’re investing for 30 months, be sure to use 2.5

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101 Ways to Use Vinegar – the Magic Elixir

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We used vinegar and water to wash the windows and old newspaper (back when people still actually read the paper) to dry and polish them. In case you aren’t aware, vinegar can be used for a myriad of purposes – ranging from diabetics treatment to pickling agent to cleaner. Here, for your reference are 101 uses for vinegar.

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10 Ways to Save at Giant Food Stores

Family Balance Sheet

I use the app to load my digital coupons, order groceries for pick up, and keep track of my rewards. Examples of recent digital coupons. Use your loyalty card at check out and earn one point for every dollar spent in stores (after coupons and savings). Examples of recent Special Offers. This equals $6.80

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How to Calculate Home Equity

Savings Corner

You can use your equity to renovate some rooms, pay off credit cards, cover college tuition, start your own business … or almost anything else. Before you can explore how to use this source of wealth, though, you need to know how much you have. You can find out how much your home is worth using a number of methods. Here’s how.

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Should you wash your clothes inside out?

The Frugal Girl

Why you should buy everything used WilliamB sent me this Washington Post article titled, “ Why you should buy everything used ” and ooh, I love it! (I For example, there are certainly staffing shortages, and that leads to overworking. ” Yup, that sounds about right to me!

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Net Worth Defined: What Is My Net Worth?

Savings Corner

Find your net worth by using our net worth calculator. For example, if you have a mortgage on a house with a market value of $200,000 and the balance on your loan is $150,000, you can add $50,000 to your net worth. If you’re using your home as an asset, its mortgage counts as a liability as well. What is my net worth?

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Emergency remote teaching during COVID-19 lockdown brought families closer together, but also required a lot from parents

Motherhood Moments

Instead of the hectic daily life of schools, parents were able to create their own routines at home, and children, for example, enjoyed their meals better than at school. Technology could also be better utilised, for example in the case of children’s travel or long-term illness,” Pihlainen concludes.

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