We are only 5 weeks into 2025, and I have already sold 7 items on Ebay. Three items were refurbished Xbox One Controllers for an average profit of $7.40 each. I might be pricing them too low because they have been selling within 24 hours of being listed. I don’t
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Donald “Tariff” Trump
Only one month into Trump 2.0 and he has given investors a lot to worry about. It seems like every time the subject of tariffs comes up the stock market has a volatile reaction. Trump says a tariff is a tax on another country and financial experts say that tariffs
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In a previous post I mentioned how you could earn money by collecting the daily bonus at High Five Casino. Unfortunately, starting in January 2025 it looks like they have reduced the daily SC bonus from 0.5 to 0.1. This makes a big difference in how fast you can accumulate
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Living off of your investments is no easy task especially if you have not yet applied for Social Security. I have 3 accounts that generate monthly income. My spending account generates $850. My brokerage account produces $150, and my IRA produces $2000, for a total of $3000 each month. I
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For the last month of 2024 the DOW lost 2,238 points (-5%). For the year, the index is up 4,829 points (+12.80%). Interest and dividend income was $11,042 for the month. Withdrawals for living expenses came to $821. A $27,765 loss in market value was the largest monthly decrease during
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Every year around the holidays, I have a negative experience with one of my Ebay shipments. Last time it was a package that I put in my mailbox for carrier pickup. A few days later I discovered that there was no tracking info in the system and the package had
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