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Should You Invest In A Rising Market?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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? We individual investors have all become market skittish since the recent huge recession and economic downturn. I retired in 2010 (yeah!). annually — and that’s quite ordinary.”.

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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When the Great Recession began in 2008/2009, my boss at the time (a Vice President of the company) and her spouse consulted their financial adviser to see what they should do. They asked him what would likely cause us to come out of recession. He was retired and unable to resume work. percent in 2010 following a decrease of 2.8

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Alternatives to College

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I graduated from State U with a liberal arts degree in the early 1970s – when there was a world wide recession followed by stagflation. I’m not sure that my two daughters-in-law would agree that you can get to the status of working as an RN without a 4 year degree (BSN) in nursing. Projected 2010 – 2020 openings.

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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?) Then the Great Recession hit so I postponed for a few years. In 2010, my company was just preparing to do their first round of recession related layoffs.

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My 2011 Goals Part 1

Saving SAHM Sanity

A year ago when I had a part-time night job I ran around all day taking care of kids, my home, and work. Now my kids are both in school, and I don't work. So after I stopped working in March, I gained over 20lbs! I really liked this goal from 2010, so I'm doing it again this year. To elaborate on my 2010 goal.

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