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Posts made in October, 2011
It’s that time of year again. No, not Christmas, but it’s that time of year too. It’s time for college students to start scheduling their classes for next semester and determine how much angst they’ll be in when they see how much their textbooks will cost. I remember that time of year. It pained me until I started to learn...
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October 2011 will be memorable for lots of reasons; the Detroit Tigers got their first ALDS title since 1987, Steve Jobs passed away, and the world didn’t end on October 21st. But the financial world will remember October 2011 for another reason: The fact that it was the Dow Jones Industrial’s best month in 24 years and the...
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Today, I was wrapping coins. It was something I did a lot with my mom when I was growing up, and it’s oddly relaxing to me. Now, it’s not too far of a stretch to think that the standard American has a coin jar, or a bank account, or that money that’s hidden in their sock drawer. Others use coupons or wait for the best sales....
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Yesterday I was babysitting, and when the father of the family I babysit for got home we started to talk about when they would need me to come over again. He started to look at the calendar, and said something about next Tuesday being November 1st. That threw me off a bit, but he was right. Next Tuesday is November 1st. That means...
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Remember back in August, when the United States was in risk of going into default and the big thing to talk about was the debt mess that everyone in the country, including the government, was in? Well, today we’re going to look at that a little bit more, but from more of a fun angle… or maybe it’s not so fun,...
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