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Eight Things I Learned After Becoming a Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Many millionaires, me included, spend years of their life working and building up their wealth to reach the point where they have those millions. Knowing I had the financial backing to live through negative life events (divorce, job loss, catastrophe, etc) removed a level of stress from my life.

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How to Handle the Stock Market Roller Coaster Ride?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Today (8/10/11), the DOW Industrial Average cascaded down another 500 or so points – the third significant drop in the past week. Even if you aren’t invested in the market, you wonder if this will ripple down to you in the form of more job losses, higher prices, inflation, benefit reductions and belt cinching.

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