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Shortly after we moved into our Loudon, New Hampshire home last summer, Eversource (our local electricity provider) raised rates per kWh from $0.08 to $0.11 - leading to an increase in everyone's electricity bills of about 30%. A few months later, that same company increased that rate from $0.11 pe...

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We all want to be in charge of our financial futures - not having to report to bosses, spend the next couple decades or more doing things we don't enjoy, being able to enjoy life a little more than we currently do. We may hope that, eventually, "our time will come", but if we don't make wise decisi...

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The Federal Reserve just announced that our nation has hit an all-time high in credit card debt at $930 billion. Considering there are 331 million people in the country (and about 75% of us are adults), that means that the average American adult owes $3,750 in credit card debt. This chart doesn't...

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We, as a society, love subscriptions. For a consistent, simple rate, we can get access to certain services, products, food and even clothes on a regular basis. And, since most subscriptions are on a monthly basis, they seem very affordable, too. "$40 for the gym? No big deal." "$20 for that stre...

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Yes, we timed the market perfectly (and got extremely lucky). And despite the upfront costs of installing solar panels for our home just this past spring, we're already realizing a cost savings every month on our electricity. Here's my experience so far owning solar panels for about 8 short months....

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