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Well I put $500 in Roth and $500 in vtsax thinking it would be down massively. Any time I invest the opposite happens of what I'm hoping so you're welcome...

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Im more curious about a book being worth that much. What type of book was it? Every now and then when im at goodwill I see people scanning books with...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWgx...BreakingPoints

I mentioned breaking points in another thread. Its these independent journalists who...

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

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Only reason Ive been commenting. Cant take anymore political heated things about covid....

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Yeah, but how much were you up last year? The market is going to fluctuate. People tend to focus so much on the negative waves that come but if you...

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Right now we have $125k in cash. That represents 7% of what we have. We have a kitchen remodel coming up this year which will probably cost around $50k...

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Was just at sherwin williams. Wanted a can of the sample paint. Guy said they havent had sample sizes for a year. I had no clue. I knew the price...

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Well, its impacted every single person one way or the other whether we want to accept it or not. Inflation being one of them. Things are more expensive....

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Our CVS is doing this. Its not posted online though. They have hand written notes in the pharmacy area stating they are closed or hours are from x to...

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Another way covid has affected us is a lot of restaurants only allow take out now. Wife and I went out for lunch yesterday. We wanted to go to a local...

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A couple of our friends have cancelled their vacations. Not because they fear covid anymore, they fear getting covid then being forced to quarantine in...

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In terms of savings during the pandemic, we are ahead due to not traveling. Obviously the market has been really good the past two years too.
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We still use credit karma tax. It's the only one that has ever been completely free. Used to use turbo tax but it was always around $80 or so due to stock...

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None of them should be allowed to trade in individual stocks....or any of their family member's either. My wife works for the FDA and we're not allowing...

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Also, just because rent went up 10% doesn't mean his raise isn't keeping up with inflation.

For example, if your husband makes $100k and...

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Has anyone's salaries kept up with inflation? Not to sound harsh but by your logic most of us would have to live in our cars. Food has skyrocketed, building...

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Fortunately for us, there is no reason to pay off mortgage early. Its zero percent interest. We only owe approx $90k that will be paid off in 11 years...

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Probably the #1 factor is my mindset. I always wanted to live below my means. Never wanted to impress people with flashy things and material objects....

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What do you mean? We renovated our entire house. Ours wasn't that terribly expensive to renovate. It just takes time and a lot of work. I will say I...