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The Money-Guy 2011 Commencement Address
With graduation rapidly approaching for many college students, The Wall Street Journal just announced that the Class of 2011 will graduate with more …
The Money-Guy Tax Plan: Part II
That’s right…our last show, “The Money-Guy Tax Plan”, sparked so many comments, we decided to do a follow-up…
The Money-Guy Tax Plan
You’ve heard solutions from the right. You’ve heard solutions from the left. You’ve even heard President Obama’s bipartisan debt panel solution. Toda…
Tax Cheats and How to Stay Out of Trouble
“The income tax law is a lot of bunk. The government can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.” These are the famous words and unsound tax advice…
Asset Allocation: What to Think About
Today, we are going back to the basics and talking about the importance of asset allocation. This podcast is meant to remind our devoted listeners, a…
2010 Berkshire Letter to Shareholders
Today’s show is an exciting one for all of us self-proclaimed nerds. After anxiously awaiting the release of Warren Buffett’s annual message to the s…
Cut, Click, or Charge… Guidance from Grocery Gurus
Let’s face it-groceries are a necessity for all of us, but more often than not, we’re left cringing at the checkout line over the impact on our walle…
Alphabet Soup and Disney
In this day and age, it is hard to navigate the financial landscape. It becomes even more difficult when the waters are muddied. Therefore, many indi…
I May Not Always be Right…
...but I'm never wrong! Or at least that is how the old adage goes. This may not be the exact mantra of modern day economic "prophets", but it isn't …
Never Run Out of Money…
Boy does it feel good to be back! The holidays always seem to throw off our schedule just a bit but, with the New Year, comes a re-vamp for the Money…
Certainly Uncertain
As is usually the case, the holiday season has caused our bi-weekly schedule to be slightly off. You could probably even say that the frequency at wh…
Black Friday!!!
That's right! It's that time of year again. I think the name probably says it all... Black Friday is upon us. This is one of my absolute favorite day…
HRA, HSA, and a Little History of Insurance
Today's show is very timely considering how much health insurance has been in the news lately. It is a topic that affects every man, woman, and child…
Back to Basics and Email Responses
Today's show is a bit of a reset. Every now and then, it is good to get back to Money 101. For me, "Money 101" takes me back to a high school Economi…
College Savings ‘Making the Grade’
Today's show is a follow-up to a show we did back in February 2009 titled "529 College Savings and 'The 2009 Stimulus'". Now that we have had a decen…
“American Exceptionalism”: Voices From the Past
It is absolutely amazing the things we can learn from history. Even more amazing is how, very ofter, history appears to repeat itself. No, not in the…
Creative Ways to Save a Few Bucks
Today's show is kind of unique. Due to all of your positive feedback, I decided to sit back and let Bo take the lead. I asked him to come up with a t…
My Life: A Case Study
You have probably noticed that we are slightly off of our 2-week routine of getting you guys a new show this week. The reason is, well, because somet…
Prevent Your Car Accident from Becoming a Wreck
An unfortunate truth is that all of us, most likely, at some point in our lives will have to deal with being in a car accident. Of course the safety …
Taxes, They Are A-Changin’
To say that 2010 and 2011 are going to be 'unique' tax years would be quite an understatement. With all of the changes, or potential changes, heading…