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What To Buy If You’re Concerned About The Coronavirus
1You’ve seen the pictures of the wiped-out grocery stores and heard nightmare tales of people fighting over toilet paper. Everyone seems to be stocking up on, well, everything, as they anticipate quarantines.
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What’s The ‘Limit Down’ Rule?
The S&P 500 tanked so hard this morning that it made the New York Stock Exchange temporarily halt trading. It wasn’t a glitch, but rather a feature to protect investors in volatile markets.
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Before Buying Something On Sale, Imagine If You Saved 100 Per Cent
I was walking home from an appointment when the sign in the window grabbed me: 40 per cent off all wine. The gourmet grocery store was having a going-out-of-business sale, which meant all the items I usually deemed were too expensive for my everyday existence suddenly seemed within reach. Including the wine.
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Plan To Keep A New Credit Card For At Least A Year
Frequent Lifehacker readers will recognise our staff’s love of boring finances. It’s especially the case when it comes to credit cards. Using the same credit cards for many years improves your credit score by lengthening your history of credit use.