Savings Corner
APRIL 4, 2024
Let’s look more closely at how HELOCs and home equity loans work, and how to determine which would work best for you. If property values decline abruptly or a recession occurs , the lender could reduce your credit line, freeze it or even demand immediate repayment in full. Home equity loan: What is it?
Savings Corner
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
By Margarette Burnette Margarette Burnette Senior Writer | Savings accounts, money market accounts, banking Margarette Burnette is a NerdWallet authority on savings, who has been writing about bank accounts since before the Great Recession. She is based near Atlanta, Georgia. This is known as compounding.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 23, 2017
A smile or a word from a parent or teacher, seeing someone enjoying their savings, a chance combination of a happy conversation, a sun shiny day and an increased amount in the piggy bank – all may result in one child’s brain being wired towards the pleasure of saving. Included here is peer pressure.
Savings Corner
APRIL 4, 2024
Even as inflation comes down and the Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle looks like it’s about to end , the economy still faces the risk of a recession. 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.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 26, 2016
Both are now old enough to open a bank savings account. I would go into the bank with my stubby little hands clutching my months worth of allowance (total of $1), deposit it and see the results right off printed in my book. But, I wonder, will that work in today’s interest rate environment? Back then I had a passbook.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 30, 2013
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’d rather buy stocks at a lower price and sell them at a higher one if I can.
For the Mommas
MARCH 12, 2015
But now, as a result of the Great Recession, Courtney’s world is unraveling. Her father has been unemployed for a long time and the bank is about to foreclose on their home. Ten year old Courtney Cromwell’s favorite person in the world isn’t a person, it’s a dog. Soon her family will be moving into an apartment that doesn’t allow dogs.
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