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P.E.P. for the Week of January 24-28, 2010- Adjustment Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

On top of this we are working 5 days a week, volunteering for one, and looking after the house. We personally use Quicken and we find it works great for reviewing our finances. My husband and I use ING for this and it works great for splitting out our money for different things. I wanted to use my money for other things.

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Investment Methods

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Author of Forbes article Why You Should Take Joel Greenblatt’s ‘Magic Formula’ Stocks Seriously , Charles Sizemore thinks it works, others don’t. When I retired, I used this method to re-invest the proceeds from my company 401K (that I had rolled into an IRA).

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Should You Invest In A Rising Market?

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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 retired in 2010 (yeah!). Unfortunately, to move them, I had to cash some the investments out in the 401K, leaving me with quite a few funds to get back into the market. My Predicament.

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

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I have been since April 7, 2010. Hubby continued to work hard around the estate (ok, I’m being a bit grandiose – but you could call 6 acres an estate – right?) In 2010, my company was just preparing to do their first round of recession related layoffs. I’m retired! Hubby retired in July 2007.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The original Yakezie Carnival was first hosted on February 28, 2010 and was called the Yakezie Challenge Carnival. Why Do You Need One and How Does it Work? There are so many different ideas out there about how to do a budget and very little guidance on how to make them work in your life. ” Here’s her reply.

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