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Month: June 2009

Hear Rick Live on KMSD-AM 1510

Tune in and listen to author and financial planner, Rick Kahler, CFP, discuss his thoughts on the possibility of a ‘W’ recession.  Rick will appear during “The Morning Show,” on Thursday, at 9:20 am, CDT.  You’ll be able to tune in the...

Are We Facing a Super Subprime Crisis?

The U. S. is facing a super subprime crisis that will make the current crisis seem like a cakewalk. That was the depressing news from David Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States and currently president and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation,...

Fooling Ourselves

Watch this video on YouTube Do you work more than 40 hours a week? Do you have enough money for retirement? Do you wash your hands after you use a public bathroom? Yes, these three questions do have something in common. They’re all related to the difference...

Congress and the President Get One Right

On the surface, it looks like President Obama’s overhaul of the financial system has one very good plank, to require brokers to adhere to a fiduciary standard when working with consumers. This proposal seems to be an end run around Mary Schapiro, the new head of...

A Father’s Day Gift Idea

This father’s day, how about giving dad an hour of financial planning? That was a gift suggesting that SmartMoney.com’s Lisa Scherzer talked about with Rick in her column today. You can read what Rick had to say here.