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Forget the mall. Save money -- and your sanity -- this Thanksgiving weekend with these money-minded alternatives to shopping frenzy.
A stock is simply a piece of a company. When a company feels that they are (or soon will be) profitable enough to pique the interest of investors, they “go public.”
A mutual fund is a pool of stocks or bonds managed by professional investors and sold, in pieces, to common investors.
A bond is a loan that you make to a government organization (state or national), local municipality or a major corporation (such as Ford, GE, GM, etc).
“CD” stands for “certificate of deposit.” The idea is that you lend money to a bank for a set amount of time while accruing interest at a higher rate of return.
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Monday -- Inside Sex Addiction Rehab: Addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky will talk about why sex addiction is the most hidden, shameful and most misunderstood addiction in the U.S.
Monday on News 11 at 5: She was in her own home in her bed when suddenly "this person woke me up, shouting at me and hitting me," said Mary Ellen Kohler. News 11's Lauren Lowery shows the ways to survive a home invasion.
