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Should You Invest In A Rising Market?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We individual investors have all become market skittish since the recent huge recession and economic downturn. In hindsight, we all would have sold out of the market at the end of 2006! I’d rather buy stocks at a lower price and sell them at a higher one if I can. So, who do you believe? Hindsight is easy, but foresight is not.

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11 Things I learned After Owning a Vacation Property

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We purchased a vacation condo in a local resort area in 2006 (yep, right before the crash). I also wanted a bit more diversification in our portfolio and figured an additional piece of real estate could help that. My sister-in-law and her husband had one that they used and rented out and indicated that it was doing well.

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