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Stock Market Sectors: 11 Official GICS Groups

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Image source: The Motley Fool Investing in stock sectors At a glance, the 11 GICS stock market sectors are: Energy Materials Industrials Utilities Healthcare Financials Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Information Technology Communication Services Real Estate 1. Real estate 11. 0.3% ) ( BRK.B Consumer staples 8.

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23 Passive Income Ideas To Help You Make Money In 2023

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And economic downturns can pose challenges, too. Buy crowdfunded real estate If you’re interested in investing in real estate but don’t want to do a lot of the heavy lifting (management, repairs, handling tenants and more), then another option is using a crowdfunding platform to invest in property.

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Do the Times in Which You Live Shape Your Finances?

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Henry Ford is credited with inventing the assembly line, making cars affordable. How many of you have since earned a living and yes, even gotten rich, selling cars? Our numbers forced economic growth and development of new products and services and also drained resources. Perhaps not.

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How to Save Money by Downsizing

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More and more people are opting for smaller, more economical cars to reduce running costs as well greenhouse gas emissions. Folk are becoming more realistic and rejecting the out-dated belief that a large car indicates success. Many homeowners are struggling to pay their mortgages in these troubled financial times.

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Friday Links – Fridays Are Just Another Day

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There were as always great reads out this week which I have highlighted below: Good Reads From The Blogosphere: If you’re tired of sky-high car insurance premiums, don’t miss Finance Fox’s post on alternative ways to save on car insurance. Are you a young professional?

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Life Tips from Dad

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He taught himself how to fix cars – doing all the maintenance work himself. In his 50′s he studied real estate and the local housing market to find a home to fix up and sell. Pursuit of lifelong learning allows you to adapt to changing job market and business needs and helps keep you economically valuable.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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Budgeting and Economics. David presents Wired Capital Markets posted at Wall Street History , saying, ” Looking into the workings of modern securities markets is like looking under the hood of a Prius hybrid car. Real Estate. Welcome to the April 6, 2012 Edition #231 of the Carnival of Financial Planning.

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