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Investing October 30th, 2011

This featured post is presented by The Joneses Are Broke.

Did you see the news about all of the people camping out and lining up in order to buy the new iPhone 4S today? Now, I know I could never be mistaken for cutting edge, but I just don’t get this.

You know what I’d like to see? People camping out and lining up around the…

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