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Adult Children Living At Home – How To Approach It

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A recent study by the Pew Research Center found that 25% of parents have one or more of their adult children living back at home with them, while a 2007 Canadian census showed that 44% of adult children between 20 and 29 have moved back in. Chores are not just for teenagers.

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Should You Invest In A Rising Market?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I’d rather buy stocks at a lower price and sell them at a higher one if I can. We individual investors have all become market skittish since the recent huge recession and economic downturn. I keep thinking the market will go down and I can buy cheaper, but instead it just keeps going up and up! What strategy are you using?

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Can You Cut Expenses by a Half Million Dollars?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With the advent of the Great Recession, today’s populations are re-learning frugality and expense reduction. Since cable became widely available in 1990 and we got satellite TV in 2007, we had 17 years of savings of about $51 a month (fees for one step above basic cable) – total savings over 17 years being $10,404.