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low-income

Cheap Meal Ideas for Single Graduate Students

January 19, 2010 · 7 comments

in financial fitness, food, grad school, health, lifehack, low-income, nutrition, students

This post is really directed to anyone studying full-time or living on their own and working so much that the mere thought of making healthy meals tires you out.  Grad students’ situations just exemplify the worst of it.
The great thing about being single is being able to cook all of your own food (to put [...]

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How To Prepare Yourself For High Inflation If You Don’t Have Any Money or Investments

October 12, 2009 · 1 comment

in economy, financial planning, hyperinflation, inflation, low-income, money decisions, money management, wealth protection

It’s one thing to buy gold and invest in BRIC ETFs to help protect your assets from double-digit inflation or hyperinflation expectations, but what if you don’t have that many assets to invest?  What if you don’t really have any extra money at all?  What should you do to prepare for high inflation?  Does it [...]

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Investing in Dollarama, Canada’s First Publicly-Traded Dollar Store Begins Trading This Week

October 11, 2009 · 0 comments

in Canadian, Canadian economy, IPOs, investing, low-income, retailers, stocks

When it comes to retail and consumer stocks, Canadians have a few staples to choose from: Canadian Tire (TSX: CTC), Shoppers Drug Mart (TSX: SC), Tim Horton’s (TSX: THI), even some income trusts like Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund (TSX: CGX.UN) and Pizza Pizza Income Fund (TSX: PZA.UN).
Now Canadians can add another staple of the retail [...]

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Frugal Tips for The Rest of Us – How To Save Money You Barely Have

April 6, 2009 · 13 comments

in low-income, poverty, purchases, savings

Anyone here living on less than $12,000/year on their own?  Apparently, the 2008 poverty-line level of income for the U.S. was calculated at roughly $11,000/year.  I haven’t visited every state in my short life yet, but that seems awfully low.  Even if you assume you can find a room to rent for $500/month, that’s only [...]

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