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WTF is Going On?

Amber's Personal Finance Blog
Fri - Apr 04 10:16pm
Seriously, what is going on in this country? I just checked my investment portfolio, and I'm down quite a bit. As someone who...
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A Bit of Murphy

CB in the City
Fri - Apr 04 06:27pm
I have noticed in the past month that my refrigerator, the freezer part specifically, kept building up hard ice. Not the fros...
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Tracking my Grocery Spending

Lucky Robin's Personal Finance Blog
Fri - Apr 04 06:33am
I told myself I would be posting more frequently in April than I did in March and here it is already April 3rd and I have don...
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cheap clothes

Mumof2's Personal Finance Blog
Thu - Apr 03 06:23am
So I don't normally go shopping it is to much noise, to many lights etc...way to much stimulation...but the last couple day w...
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Grocery shopping observations

Frugal Foodie
Wed - Apr 02 05:34pm
Yesterday was a day I could head to a Kroger store in a nearby larger town. Since we live 40 minutes away, I try to bunch my ...
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The Latest From The Saving Advice Forums

Painful 2 days (April 3/4, 2025)

Jluke • 04 Apr 2025 22:34:07
Down 62k on Thursday Down 101k on Friday bought 4 shares of VTI on Friday at $250 back in March I shielded larger cash amounts (e.g. yearly bonus) in a 9-month CD so I didn’t do anything stupid with it. also started the y...
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February '25 Inflation highest in a year

ua_guy • 04 Apr 2025 22:31:30
The Federal Reserve’s key inflation measure rose more than expected in February while consumer spending also posted a smaller-than-projected increase, the Commerce Department reported Friday. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28...
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January '25 Inflation highest in a year

ua_guy • 04 Apr 2025 20:32:02
Well this isn't good news for consumers. Hoping it comes down. And this is without widespread tariffs. Eggs have risen over 15%, fuel is up over 6%, used cars, and meat, have all risen in price. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cpi-r...
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Is $1M the new benchmark for retirement ...

ua_guy • 04 Apr 2025 19:31:37
I posted the link to a quick read from USA Today below. $1M is used as a benchmark for retirement savings, and then over/under is estimated based on location within the US. It's estimated just 16% of people have more than $1M in s...
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What’s the most expensive dinner o...

skives • 04 Apr 2025 19:27:10
Wife and I are going to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in a week and half for a couple baseball games. On the way back there is a restaurant (Boston Fish Market) that we saw on YouTube from a guy we watch and the dish he had costs $195. It&...
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