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Meet a Reader | Megan from California

The Frugal Girl

the Very Fun, Very Fancy lemon After about a year as a restaurant manager after college, I decided to give an engineering job a try, knowing that I could always quit if I didn’t like it. I racked up more debt to move to California, then the fancy car turned out to be a lemon, requiring a bunch of expensive repairs.

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10 Best Low-Risk Investments In April 2024

Savings Corner

The trade-off, of course, is that in lowering risk exposure, investors are likely to earn lower returns over the long run. Dividend-paying stocks Stocks aren’t as safe as cash, savings accounts or government debt, but they’re generally less risky than high-fliers like options or futures.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

He then advises paying off your non-mortgage debt before fully funding an emergency fund with 3 – 6 months worth of expenses. Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more. Personally, I think a starter fund should be $2000-$3000.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

’ Financial Planning Ashley presents Should I Get Married with Debt? Companies Exploit International Workers – Lack of Fair Wages posted at Provident Plan , saying, “Learn more about Infosys and why U.S. Let me give you the full story: I have been dating Miss Blinkin for approximately 1 year and 4 months.

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Consumer Critique: Dignity Coconuts

Motherhood Moments

After years of non-profit work, we started Dignity Coconuts to help farmers escape this through direct trade, debt relief, education, skills training, clean water, and other holistic help. All ingredients are unrefined, giving you all of the natural benefits. Your switch to Dignity allows another family a new life of freedom.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

We use the eggs, harvest meat & if I can’t get out to hunt venison we’ve had friends give us meat. Staying out of debt was/is very important to me & miraculously I have succeeded this far, praise God. It clicked with me early (as we saw above) so anything that smacks of poor management gives me hives.

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Best Credit Cards – December 2023

Savings Corner

Best 0% APR card for purchases It starts with a big bonus and gives long breathing room on sky-high interest. How credit card rewards work Types of rewards Many of the best credit cards give you rewards for your spending. If you carry debt, though, you’ll be charged interest. Bonus rewards at restaurants and U.S.