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It’s Not Too Late to Save for the Holidays

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Then you’d only give a present to the person whose name you drew, which could slash your spending depending on how many siblings you have. Can you make any presents? If you don’t have a lot of cash, making presents can be the way to go. First, do you have time to make homemade Christmas presents?

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

Family Balance Sheet

” Recently Go Banking Rates conducted two studies on savings rates with startling results. I hear people say, “how am I supposed to save for retirement AND raise my kids, save for their college, AND still enjoy the present moment?” Start Saving for your Emergency Fund TODAY! It’s all too much.

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10 Best Low-Risk Investments In April 2024

Savings Corner

It’s also why low-risk plays make for better short-term investments or a stash for your emergency fund. Most accounts are government-insured up to $250,000 per account type per bank, so you’ll be compensated even if the financial institution fails. So money market accounts present no risk to your principal.

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My Life Plan

Family Balance Sheet

When you’re in the trenches, it can be very hard to think beyond the present. At the time, I wasn’t sure how we were going to pay our monthly bills, so future plans like funding our retirement , our daughters’ college education, or a lavish vacation were not on my mind. Contribute to our retirement funds.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

” eemusings from NZ Muse presents Hybrid cars: a week in the fast lane. ” D4L from Dividend Growth Stocks presents 10 Dividend Stocks Balancing Yield And Growth , and says, “In a perfect world, income investors would not have to choose between growth or yield, they could have both. ” J.P.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Shawanda Greene from You Have More Than You Think presents Why’s It Got To Be All or Nothing? Nathan Richardson from ComplexSearch.com presents What’s a Good Credit Score? Outlaw from Outlaw Finance presents Fundamental vs. Technical Analysis: A Basic Overview of Investing. I wish we had some of these in Canada.

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Yakezie Carnival November 13, 2011- November Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Now without further adieu, I present you with the dozens of great reads written by Yakezie members and challengers alike this past week in our efforts to bring you timely insight on personal finance and lifestyle today. Today I’m going to talk about getting those emergency funds going. There is a lot more to it.

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