This past month saw the DOW rise from 25812 to 26428. This
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I’ve seen a few articles on the Internet lately trying to determine how much money we need for early retirement. A lot of it has to do with your lifestyle. If you are someone who likes to travel, eat out, or go to shows, you may need more money to
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Before I lost my job I would go to one of those quick oil change joints. In an effort to try and save a little money, I decided to change the oil on my 2010 Honda Accord myself. First, I purchased 5 quarts of oil, an oil filter, and a
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This past month saw the DOW rise from 25812 to 26428. This is the level we were at back in October 2019. This, despite the fact that the US is adding an average of 60,000 new cases and 1000 deaths from COVID per day. When I leave the safety of
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When shipping on Ebay, you get a small discount on shipping costs. But, if you need to ship something on your own, you normally have to pay the retail shipping fee. I needed to ship a 6 Lb package to Texas and decided to get a quote from the US
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The DOW was up in early June, but came back down to end the month about the same as where it started. Negative news about the virus weighed down on the markets. I sold my 50 shares of Abbvie (ABBV) when it got to $98.47 for a $1,243.58 gain. I
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One year ago today, the electronics manufacturing company that I worked for took me and a dozen other employees into a conference room and told us that they had lost a large contract, and that our services were no longer needed. I had been working there for 9 years, and
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When it comes to paying household bills, these days I pay everything online. The nice thing about online payments is being able to schedule when a payment is made. When I received my semi-annual car insurance bill recently, I saw there was an option on the insurance company’s website to
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