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Three Twinkie Facts You Must Know

November 19, 2012 by 46 Comments

With Hostess filing for bankruptcy, the Internet has exploded into Twinkie mania. Ebay auctions have ended with prices exploding to over 5x the street value. What should you be doing? How can you capitalize? Where is the safe money investing? Before you jump in – you must know the following 3 facts.

  1. Twinkies Aren’t Gone – Someone will buy the name and keep making them.  So Sell!
  2. Unions didn’t destroy Hostess – the change in people’s diets did.
  3. Ding Dongs won’t survive – while there may not be as many collectors, they will pay top dollar.

We are giving this our official DING DONG BUY!

 

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3 bad habits piggy banks teach your kids

November 13, 2012 by 48 Comments

While every parent wants to teach their kid to save money so they can support them in their old age and failing social security but having a piggy bank teaches your children three disastrous truths.

  1. They should handle money – Physical money is filled with germs. The flu virus can survive on paper money for 10 days!
  2. Interest doesn’t matter – Piggy Banks don’t pay interest either do banks at the moment, but give it time and they will where your piggy bank never will.
  3. Animals Are Banks – this is not true of most animals including pigs.
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