Market Mad House

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

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Thrift

Three Ways your Exercise and Your Money are Closely Connected

It might initially seem like exercise negatively impacts your finances since you have to pay for your gym membership, workout classes, athletic clothes, personal trainers etc. However, if you really consider all the ways exercise positively affects your mind and body it starts to make sense that working out and staying healthy can have a positive influence on your finances.

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Thrift

All You Need to Know About Groupon

Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) was founded in November in 2008, by 2010 it was already available in 250 cities and had 35 million registered users. In 2014 Groupon Getaways was launched, an app that is used for browsing and booking trips.

2016 saw the company sell its 1 billionth promotion.

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Thrift

Four Habits of Successful Money Savers

One habit for a successful saving, and probably the most important of them all, is paying yourself first. Prioritizing yourself doesn’t mean spending your money on inessential things, but actually means putting money into your savings first.

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Grocery WarsThrift

Items to Buy on Jet.com

You should be shopping on Jet because it offers much better prices on items like laundry detergent than sites like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). It is also fast and provides a better level of service than some sites.

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Market InsanityThrift

Soup is Money; Ramen is now the Currency of Choice in Prison

“Because it is cheap, tasty and rich in calories, ramen has become so valuable that it is used to exchange for other goods,” Gibson-Light noted in a press release. Gibson-Light discovered the Ramen economy while interviewing inmates during an investigation of the prison economy.

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Crazy StocksOpportunities

Big Lots: the Little Discount Store that Could

Interestingly enough the biggest threat to Big Lots, could be Overstock.com; which can be considered Big Lots’ closest competitor. Like Big Lots, Overstock has seen steady revenue growth in recent years. The online close out store’s revenue grew from $1.554 billion in March 2015 to $1.673 billion in March 2016.

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Market Insanity

Is Aldi a Threat to Dollar General?

My advice to investors is to stay away from Dollar General because it is playing a dangerous game of expansion in an increasingly complex and competitive market. That market is made all the more dangerous by the growing presence of such an aggressive rival as Aldi.

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Market Insanity

Why Is Paramount Giving Away Movies for Free?

Yet the exact same organization is now giving away the product it once tried so hard to control. What has prompted such a radical shift in a Hollywood studio’s business model?

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The Death Spiral

The Retail Apocalypse: It’s Far Worse than You Think

A side of effect of shrinking incomes is the dramatic increase in aggressive discounting. Discounters grow because they can offer lower prices. When they reach a certain size, discounters get enough leverage to force suppliers to lower costs, which makes even deeper discounts possible.

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Good StocksStocks

Some Modern-Day Widows and Orphans Stocks

The bottom line is that widows and orphans stocks still exist. You just have to know where to look for them.

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