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Consumers are infatuated with credit card rewards. Rising redemption rates suggest rewards are one of the most important features for card-carrying customers.

So-called gray water, or recycled water, helps keep lawns green.
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There are differing opinions on whether or not it makes sense to hold stocks into earnings reports. One camp argues that you stand to make a big score if a company beats its numbers. Another camp – the one I’m in – says it’s way too risky because you can never predict how the market will respond to an earnings report. I have two very specific examples that support both sides of the argument.

First up is Amazon that beat expectations handily in its most recent earnings report and you can see in the chart below that the stock was nicely rewarded:

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The stock markets took a strange, swingy, but ultimately bland ride this week. But Mindbody, Qorvo, and Etsy opted out, reaching for a great week instead. Here’s how.

These three oil stocks just look like there is too much risk to consider even if prices are hammered as low as they are lately.

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

Food banks across the country are seeing a rising demand for free groceries despite the growing economy, leading some charities to reduce the amount of food they offer each family.

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Crude-oil prices are trading at levels last seen in the midst of the financial crisis, but that is not translating into lower gasoline prices in some parts of the country thanks to a refinery outage in Indiana.
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