Stale Green Light

Happy holidays from The Stale Green Light! Just a reminder that although you may be on a vacation this holiday season, your financial discipline should not. It can be very easy to get caught up in the holiday cheer and spend a little extra on yourself and loved ones. Set aside the budget so that you do not go too crazy at those after Christmas sales. Enjoy yourself, set aside a little something, and go have some fun this holiday. Just don’t have too much fun

Something very interesting happened to me today. I was running a background check on a payday loan company. In order to sell certain products, they must meet a certain requirement. I’m not going to approve them for the product if they don’t meet the requirement. Bet you will never guess what I found.

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Gasoline prices have just hit record lows. We have not seen these kinds of prices in years. I just filled up today for less than twenty dollars for the first time in probably 8 years. People are not dreading going to the pump anymore. It is a great thing. The price of another product has been falling dramatically as well…stock. Yet with prices at record lows that we have not seen for years, people are hesitant to buy them. What is wrong with this picture?

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