Rick Kahler's Financial Awakenings

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08-30-10 - Well-Being: More Than Being Wealthy

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08-23-10 - Bad Reasons To Retire

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08-16-10 - Downgrade Now and Upgrade to Financial Independence Later

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08-09-10 - “Knock, knock!” “Who’s There?” “The IRS Wealth Squad!”

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08-02-10 - Knowing Financial Wellness When You See It

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07-26-10 - Getting America Back to Work

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07-19-10 - Waste Not, Want Not

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07-12-10 - The Economy: “Long-Term Prepared”

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07-05-10 - The Economy: “Long-Term Scared”

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06-28-10 - A Personal Declaration of Financial Independence

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06-21-10 - Study a “Test Drive” For Financial Planning

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06-14-10 - This Is Your Brain In a Stock Market Crash

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06-07-10 - BP: Beyond Profits

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05-31-10 - Build Wealth Through Tough Times With Your Own Silver Lining

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05-24-10 - Keeping Your Business Healthy Under Health Care Reform

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05-17-10 - Health Care Reform and Your Financial Health

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05-11-10 - Lessons From Greece

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05-04-10 - New Credit Card Rules for Young Adults and Parents

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04-26-10 - A Timeline for the Health Care Bill

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04-19-10 - Protecting Students Against Learning Opportunities

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04-12-10 - Saving For the Future When You Can’t Afford To Save

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04-05-10 - Build Your Own Support System for Financial Advice

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03-29-10 - Is Your Dentist Wealthy, Affluent, or Financially Independent?

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03-22-10 - What Is Financial Planning? The Profession Has Some Educating To Do

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03-15-10 - What’s to Study? It’s Time to Pass a Fiduciary Standard

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03-08-10 - A Prescription for Financial Health

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03-01-10 - Life Insurance To Replace Income, Not Earn Income

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02-22-10 - Protecting What You Have

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02-15-10 - Not a Lost Decade But a Bumpy Ride

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02-08-10 - Financial Planning Strategies for Changing Political Times

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02-01-10 - Politics and Personal Financial Planning

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01-25-10 - Planning Like King Tut

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01-18-10 - 21st Century Financial Lessons

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01-11-10 - Planning For the Health Care Plan

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01-04-10 - Waiting For the Second Dip in the “W”

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12-28-09 - A Taxing New Year’s Resolution

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12-21-09 - The Secret to Santa’s Business Success

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12-14-09 - Even Scrooge Might Like This Way of Giving

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12-07-09 - Not Enough Money? Just Get More from “the Rich”

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11-30-09 - Holiday Money Scripts

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11-24-09 - Top Ten Beliefs Behind Poor Money Choices

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11-17-09 - Having Enough Money for Retirement

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11-09-09 - What You Get From a Financial Planner

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11-02-09 - Novice Investor Loses Shirt, Can’t Cover Pork Bellies

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10-28-09 - Financial Planning Fees You See and Those You Don’t

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10-20-09 - Repeating Mistakes From the Great Depression?

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10-05-09 - Is Your Financial Planner a Millionaire? Should You Care?

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09-28-09 - Need a Money Makeover? Start With Your Money Scripts

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09-21-09 - Tight Credit at the First Family Bank

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09-14-09 - Money Questions We Don’t Ask and Don’t Tell

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09-07-09 - A Costly Prescription for Health Care Reform

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08-31-09 - Weathering Rough Financial Seas

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08-24-09 - Rick’s Financial Advice: Budgeting With the Bucket System

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08-17-09 - Unintended Side Effects of Tighter Credit

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08-10-09 - Spending Under the Influence

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08-03-09 - Managing Your Plastic

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07-27-09 - Relaxing the Lizard

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07-20-09 - Proposed Health Plan a Disaster for Small Business

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07-16-09 - ABC’s 20/20 To Feature Kahler and Klontz Workshop

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07-13-09 - Making Whole-Brain Money Choices

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07-08-09 - How To Cut Your Kids’ Expenses, KIOK-FM Interview With Rick
 
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07-07-09 - Selling At The Bottom

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06-29-09 - Are We Facing a Super Subprime Crisis?

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06-22-09 - Fooling Ourselves

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06-15-09 - Weathering the “W”

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06-12-09 - Crises, Crack, and Capitalism

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06-05-09 - Changing Our Money Culture

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05-29-09 - Culture, Cash, and Common Sense

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05-23-09 - Living Within Your Means – “Geeky” Concept to the Young?

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05-15-09 - On the Edge of a Financial Cliff

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05-08-09 - Staying In the Zone

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05-01-09 - How Worried Are You? We Asked, and You Told Us.

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04-24-09 - Teaching Kids About Money

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04-17-09 - Being Frugal When Frugal Isn’t Cool

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04-10-09 - Charitable Deductions and Ebenezer Scrooge

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04-03-09 - How Angry Are You?

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03-27-09 - Getting Money Back from Uncle Sam

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03-20-09 - When You Can’t Afford A Financial Planner

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03-13-09 - Why Some Smart People Do Dumb Things

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03-06-09 - Where Would You Stash Your Cash?

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02-27-09 - Steps to Take While You’re Holding On

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02-20-09 - A Second Look at Annuities

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02-13-09 - Retiring as a Happy Pessimist

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02-06-09 - Who Does Your Investment Advisor Work For?

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01-30-09 - If It Sounds Too Good To Be True . . .

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01-23-09 - “Put Down the Piggy Bank and Back Away Slowly”

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01-16-09 - New Ideas from a New President, or More of the Same?

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01-12-09 - Diversified Investing in Challenging Times

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01-09-09 - Your Personal Rescue Plan

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01-02-09 - Paving the Way for a New Profession

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12-26-08 - Financial New Year’s Resolutions

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12-19-08 - Legacy Giving

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12-12-08 - Celebrating Like Scrooge

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12-05-08 - Learning to Expect the “Unexpected”

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11-28-08 - Waiting For the Next Financial Guru

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11-21-08 - Stop the Insanity

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11-14-08 - New President, New Tax Proposals

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11-07-08 - Passing On Your Beliefs? First, Pass the Tissues

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10-31-08 - Eating Their Own Cooking

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10-24-08 - Dealing With Dark Friday

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10-17-08 - A Windfall or a Worry?

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10-08-08 - Don’t Let the Bear Take Your Breath Away

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10-03-08 - The $700-Billion Bailout – The Saving Grace or a Train Wreck?

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09-26-08 - An Economic Campaign Promise I’d Love To Hear

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09-19-08 - Money Scripts from the Republican Convention

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09-12-08 - Money Scripts from the Democratic Convention

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09-05-08 - Paying for Performance

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- A Dependable Retirement Paycheck

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08-29-08 - Social Security Options

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08-22-08 - Talking About More Than Money

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08-15-08 - The Social Security (Not To Be) Trust(ed) Fund

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08-08-08 - Will Your Money Last as Long as You Will?

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08-01-08 - Choosing Not to Own a Loser

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07-25-08 - Building Your Future on Borrowed Money?

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07-18-08 - Pain in the Chest vs. Pain in the Wallet

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07-09-08 - Longevity Risk

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07-04-08 - Greed, Blame, and Four-Dollar Gasoline

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06-27-08 - Does the Whatzit Really Need a New Thingamajig?

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06-20-08 - Blackberry Blues

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06-13-08 - Money and Meaning

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06-06-08 - What is Money?

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05-30-08 - Survey Your Money Scripts

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05-23-08 - How To Become a Millionaire

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05-16-08 - He Who Must Not Be Named? I Wish.

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05-09-08 - “Retail Therapy” Is No Joke

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05-02-08 - The Thrifty Way to Wealth

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04-25-08 - Madness Money

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04-18-08 - The Wise Investor’s Mantra: Diversify, Diversify, Diversify

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04-11-08 - The Approach of 2011

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04-04-08 - Reduce Travel Stress With FlightStats

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03-28-08 - Should You Be Worried If Your Financial Planner Hires a Financial Planner?

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03-21-08 - Last But Not Least–529 College Savings Plans

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03-14-08 - Building a “Green” Retirement with an IRA

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03-07-08 - Affordable Financial Planning Advice

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02-28-08 - The Reality of a Dream Job

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02-22-08 - How Rich Is “Rich?”

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02-15-08 - Recession? Reaction: Relax

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02-08-08 - A Man Is No Financial Plan

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02-01-08 - Are We “Us” or Are We “Them?”

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01-25-08 - Senate Bill 120 – Shopping for Loans

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01-18-08 - The “Tilted” Tax Code

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01-11-08 - Dating for Dollars

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01-04-08 - “The Dollar is Falling! The Dollar is Falling!”

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12-28-07 - Is the United States Still “Best in Everything?”

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12-20-07 - The Physics of Santa

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12-14-07 - A Costly Christmas Surprise

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12-07-07 - Avoiding Inheritance Surprises

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11-30-07 - Bequeathing Blessings, Not Burdens

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11-23-07 - Don’t Let a Smile Be Your Only Umbrella

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11-16-07 - Is Your Insurance Coverage Up To Date?

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11-09-07 - Keeping The Books

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11-02-07 - Dave Ramsey, How Could You?

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10-26-07 - The Hidden Costs of Travel Delays

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10-19-07 - Finding A Financial Mentor

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10-12-07 - The Overspending Epidemic–No Easy Cure

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10-05-07 - Medical Power of Attorney

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09-28-07 - “What You Think You Heard Is Not Necessarily What I Meant”

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09-21-07 - Fuzzy Thinking and the Stock Market

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09-14-07 - Withdrawing More But Still Having Enough

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09-07-07 - It Isn’t How Much You Win, It’s How Much You Manage To Keep

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08-31-07 - The Subprime “Surprise”

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08-24-07 - Panic? What Panic?

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08-17-07 - Investing Like Buffett–Or Not

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08-10-07 - A Riddle Without a Clear Answer

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08-03-07 - The Dreaded “T” Word

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07-27-07 - Harry Potter and the Investor’s Secret

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07-20-07 - How Big Is Too Big?

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07-13-07 - The “Fair Flat Tax Act”

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07-06-07 - When Kids Ask “The Question”

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06-29-07 - Investing in Intangibles

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06-22-07 - “What Do You Mean, My Balance Is Zero?”

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06-15-07 - Felines, Finances, and Pet Insurance

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06-08-07 - Retirement Expectations and Retirement Reality

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06-01-07 - Avoiding Unhappy Retirement Surprises

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05-25-07 - When Negotiating Doesn’t Work

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05-18-07 - Customer or Client? For Now, The Court Says Client

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05-11-07 - Residential Real Estate – A Train Wreck Waiting To Happen?

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05-04-07 - Talk, Talk, Talk Is Better Than Sue, Sue, Sue

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04-27-07 - Beetle Juice, Insurance, and Unintended Consequences

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04-20-07 - More on Protecting Yourself from Yourself

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04-13-07 - Planning for Retirement vs. Planning for Old Age

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04-06-07 - Protecting Yourself from Yourself

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03-30-07 - “I Don’t Know What a Financial Planner Does.”

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03-23-07 - The Myth of “Stress-Free” Travel

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03-16-07 - A Gentler Way to Split the Sheets

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03-09-07 - “The Dow Is Falling! The Dow Is Falling!”

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03-02-07 - Could You Be a “Therapy Shopper?”

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02-23-07 - How Free Are the “Best Things in Life?”

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02-16-07 - A Different Perspective on Inherited “Wealth”

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02-09-07 - “Was That Really Elvis, Or Did Someone Steal His Identity?”

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02-02-07 - The Case of the Costly Chicken Pox

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01-03-07 - Olivia Mellan Interviews Rick on Marriage and Money
 
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09-01-06 - Holding the Boss Hostage
 
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08-25-06 - A Question of Trust
 
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08-18-06 - The Case of the Nefarious Nanny
 
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08-11-06 - Money Secrets or Money Privacy?
 
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08-04-06 - Baby, It’s Hot Outside
 
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07-28-06 - Real Friends Don’t Let Friends Make Oral Agreements
 
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07-21-06 - “Your Call Is Very Important To Us”
 
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07-14-06 - “Can I Afford It?”
 
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03-24-06 - Why Wait for Retirement?
 
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02-17-06 - Are You a Client or a Customer?
 
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02-10-06 - Hostage Taking
 
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02-08-06 - Listen to “Medicare Prescription Plans–D is for Difficult
 
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02-03-06 - How Richard Hatch Could Have Really Won
 
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02-01-06 - Listen to “Medicare Part D”
 
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- Listen to “Understanding e-mail and the kfg website”
 
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01-27-06 - Listen to “Why Do You Have Insurance?”
 
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01-06-06 - Listen to”The Value of A Great Cup of Coffee”
 
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01-04-06 - Conscious Finance Introduction, Sample 1
 
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01-03-06 - Conscious Finance Introduction, Sample 2
 
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01-02-06 - Conscious Finance, Author Testimonials
 
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- Conscious Finance, Author Biographies
 
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- Conscious Finance, Excerpt from Chapter 1
 
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01-01-06 - Conscious Finance, Excerpt from Chapter 2
 
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- Rick’s FPA speech
 
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- Listen to “The Housing Bubble That Wasn’t?”
 
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- Rick’s Interview with WBAI’s Susan Lee
 
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- Rick’s “Money Speak” interview with Dick Wagner
 
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12-09-05 - Listen to “The Big Mistake”
 
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