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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

How did you get interested in saving money? I learned to save money by watching my parents. (I I still remember saving my change as a kid so I could “shop” for books at yard sales.) When they got married, they bought a duplex so that the rent money from the tenant in the upstairs apartment would pay the mortgage.

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Stock Market Sectors: 11 Official GICS Groups

Savings Corner

You’ll find both brick-and-mortar and e-commerce-based retail companies in this category, along with hotel and restaurant stocks. Some stocks in the sector are responsible for developing new real estate projects and then managing them by obtaining tenants for various spaces within the project property. Consumer staples 8.