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You can learn a lot and save money doing your own home appliance repairs. I recently had a refrigerator that stopped working and a dryer that had a small gas leak. Although both are over 20 years old, I need to keep them running because replacements cost over $2000. A

With the way the stock market is lately, I’ve been in a holding pattern making very few trades. My stock trading account is small compared to my retirement account. All of the shares purchased in the last year are down. I still get dividends, which are deposited into my core

For the month of October, the DOW lost 381 points. From the low on Oct 27 (32417) to Nov 2 (33839) the Dow gained 1422 that it had lost. Interest and dividend income was $3718 for the month, but overall account value dropped by $17,576. Withdrawals for living expenses came

For the month of September, the DOW lost 1214 points. This puts the DOW up a meager 1.12% in the past 9 months, and up by 16.65% in the past 12 months. Interest and dividend income was $2224 for the month. Withdrawals for living expenses came to $1205 in the