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Education

What’s Behind Soaring College Costs and What You Can Do

Since I first wrote on the increasing cost of a college education in 2011, has anything changed? The short answer is “no.” The cumulative increase in college tuition has been much higher than the cumulative increase in inflation over the past 40 years. Between 1980...

Winners and Losers If Non-Compete Agreements Are Banned

If the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is successful in getting a new rule enforced, non-compete agreements may soon become illegal in all 50 states. This potentially gives employees reason to celebrate, while employers may feel despondent. Not surprisingly, while...

My State Flunked Financial Literacy. How About Yours?

My CFP peers across the nation are probably tired of hearing me sing the praises of living in South Dakota. One of them recently emailed some disturbing news that put some sour notes in my “South Dakota is God’s Country” song. A recent national survey that ranked the...

Teaching Money Skills Essential For 21st Century

For our ancestors, even as recently as the 19th Century in many places, survival skills were hands-on. If you didn’t know how to build a house, farm, hunt, butcher animals, sew, and cook, you couldn’t provide well for your family. Money skills were largely...

Empowered Money Mindset Summit

Rick Kahler will be a guest at The Empowered Money Mindset Virtual Summit, tomorrow, April 23rd, from 9:00am to 3:00pm MDT. Join them for this 1-Day Event to Empower your mind around, wealth, money, abundance, and freedom! Learn from 10 experts on wealth creation and...

Debt-Free Education a Head Start for Success

Watch this video on YouTube Here’s a strategy to give yourself a strong start toward career success: graduate from college with little or no debt. This may be harder than it used to be, but with planning and commitment it can still be done. You might consider...