Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 16, 2014

Let’s just flash back to six years ago to the burst of the housing bubble, massive unemployment, and the tumble of the stock market to crush this assumption. To buy a home under the assumption that you’ll some day make a profit from it or rely on one source of income assuming it’ll always be available to you is financially foolish.

Emergency Fund 174

Emergency Fund Insurance Recession Unemployment 174

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

My Journey to Millions: No Research Reasons Why I Like Mature Dividend Paying Stocks – While most people don’t talk about it in this manner anymore, when you buy a share of a company you are buying into the business. If I am to buy into any business I want to know revenue, profit, and how I am going to share in those amounts.

November 188

November 2011 Personal Finance Finance 188

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Money Cone: 9 Impulse Buys that Turned Out Better than Expected We’ve all bought stuff based on commercials that turned out nothing like how it was advertised. Sometimes we buy stuff on a whim, only to be disappointed later. But not all my impulse buys have been duds. Personal Finance Whiz : What Is An Emergency Fund?

October 200

October 2011 Finance Personal Finance 200

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Travel, buy fun stuff, give gifts, help others, work if I feel like it and not if I don’t, etc. I needed to count on myself and support my son, and that meant getting my financial life in order, starting with building an emergency fund for the first time. 6. , asking for discounts every time you buy something, etc.

Debt 236

Debt Debt Free Pay Off Debt Financial Goals 236