TABLE OF CONTENTS (Scroll Down for INDEX)
SUBJECT/ TITLE FOLLOWED BY POSTING DATE. Contents are in chronological
order, most recent first, and are color coded.
TO ACCESS SPECIFIC ARTICLES, go to the Archives, which are at the bottom of the
left column on the Home Page. Pick the month in question and then scroll to the
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Speaking Dollar-Wise (Personal Finance)
Life's a Trip (Travel Tips and Leisure Values)
Enrich Your Retirement (Boomers... On Your Mark)
Guest Faculty and Miscellanea
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MARCH 2008
Don't Rob Peter to Pay Peter 3/7/08
Beware Cell Phone Small Print 3/6/08
Time to Downsize Home? 3/5/08
What??? $30 for Popcorn at the Movies? 3/4/08
How Honest Are You 3/3/08
FEBRUARY 2008
Just What is a Recession Anyway? 2/29/08
Links to Helpful Sites 2/28/08
It's A Good News--Bad News Sort of Day 2/27/08
Unhealthy Health Insurance Policies 2/26/08
Blow Off Steam at Airport Security 2/25/08
The Real Losers in the Mortgage Disaster 2/21/08
Generations Must Speak to Each Other 2/20/08
River Cruises are Fine Vacation Option 2/19/08
Hedge Fund Crapshoot, The Sequel 2/18/08
The Foreclosure Follies of 2008 2/14/08
Leave That IRA and 401k Plan Alone! 2/13/08
Personal Finance---A Look at the Book 2/12/08
The King (of Torts) is Dead 2/11/08
What's Wrong With This Airline Industry? 2/9/08
Nothing Will Be Sold at This Seminar (?) 2/8/08
Non-Techies, Have Faith 2/6/08
Keep Your Bench at the Ready 2/5/08
Meet the Faculty---Professor Greenback 2/4/08
Meet the Faculty---Professor Gosforth 2/3/08
Meet the Faculty---Professor Wyze 2/2/08
Meet the Faculty---Dr. Hindsight 2/1/08
JANUARY 2008
Travel Babble 1/31/08
Identity "Giveaway" 1/29/08
Down Under---Study Maps Before You Book 1/27/08
Good to Do Nothing?---Investment Restraint 1/25/08
Looking Back---How the Locusts Ate America 1/24/08
Debit Bite---Hidden Bank Service Charges 1/23/08
When is a Loss Not a Loss?---1/26/08
Home Sweet....Renting Vacation Homes 1/20/08
Investing in Foreclosures 1/18/08
On Being Foreclosed 1/17/08
MEGO---The Travelers' Demon 1/16/08
Selling Your Business/ Practice 1/15/08
No Free Money---Coin Scam 1/12/08
High Cost of Visiting London 1/10/08
Snake Oil Sam---Street Scams 1/9/08
Be Wary of Senior Internet Contacts 1/7/08
Life Insurance Gobble-de-Gook, Scam 1/4/08
OCTOBER--DECEMBER 2007
Happy Holidays---Tidbits of Wisdom 12/20/07
The Rupert Agenda for Wall St. Journal? 12/18/07
A Mini-History of Financial Folly, Intro. 12/16/07
Financial Folly, Part One 12/15/07
Financial Folly, Part Two 12/14/07
Financial Folly, Part Three 12/13/07
Foreclosure Panic 12/8/07
Media Fan Flames of the Credit Crisis 11/30/07
Tight Flight Connections---Flyer Beware 11/15/07
Hedge Funds---High Roller Crapshoot? 10/31/07
Goodbye Bangalore---Job Outsourcing 10/27/07
INDEX (Scroll Up for Table of Contents)
INDEX ITEMS ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY SUBJECT, FOLLOWED
BY POSTING DATE. Category headings are color coded.
TO ACCESS SPECIFIC ARTICLES, go to the Archives,which are at the
bottom of the left column on the Home Page. Pick the month in
question and then scroll to the desired article. (Click "back" arrow
to return to Home Page.)
Speaking Dollar-Wise (Personal Finance)
Life's a Trip (Travel Tips and Leisure Values)
Enrich Your Retirement (Boomers, On Your Mark...)
Guest Faculty and Miscellanea
* * *
BANKS AND BANKING
Bad debt reserves 1/22/08
Capping interest rate adjustments 2/21/08
Collateralized investments 1/24/08
Loan losses 1/22/08
Mistakes/ Financial Folly 12/13/08---12/16/08
Overdraft fees 1/23/ 08
Phishing scams 1/29/ 08
Retirement planning, IRAs 2/18/08
Role in Foreclosure Follies of 2008 2/14/08
Safety 2/18/08
Service charges 1/23/08
BORROWING
Don't Rob Peter to Pay Peter 3/7/08
BUSH, GEORGE W.
Low public esteem 2/29/08
COMPUTERS
Non-Techies, Have Faith 2/6/08
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE
How it influences the economy 2/29/06
Self-fulfilling prophecy 3/7/08
DOLLAR
Value of, vs. Euro 2/27/09
ETHICS
How Honest Are You?
FORECLOSURES
Follies of 2008 2/14/08
Getting help 1/17/08
Investing in 1/18/08
Panic 12/8/07
Remedies 1/17/08
GAS PRICES
Driving expenses 3/7/08
Felt throughout the economy 2/29
Record highs? 2/27/09
What??? $30 for Popcorn at the Movies? 3/4/08
HEALTH INSURANCE
Cancellation of policies 2/26/08
Pre-existing conditions 2/26/08
HOUSING
Calculating cash flow when downsizing home 3/5/08
New home sales 2/27/09
Time to downsize home? 3/5/08
IDENTITY THEFT
Identity "Giveaway" 1/29/08
INTEREST RATES
Federal Reserve to lower again? 2/27/09
INVESTMENTS
401k Plans 2/13/08
Bad returns 1/12/08
Collateralized investments 1/24/08
Decision making 1/25/08
Foreclosed properties 1/18/08
Hedge funds---crapshoot? 10/31/07, 2/18/08
High risk 2/18/08, 2/21/08
IRA Plans 2/13/08
Ratings 1/24/08
Restraint 1/25/08
LAWSUITS
Class action 2/11/08
LIFE INSURANCE
How much real coverage 1/4/08
Meaning of words 1/4/08
LINKS TO HELPFUL SITES 2/28/08
MEDIA
Beware Cell Phone Small Print 3/7/08
Creating panic 12/8/07
Fanning crisis flames 11/30/07
Journalistic Jargon 1/31/08
Los Angeles Times 2/26/08
New York Times 2/18/08
Role in Foreclosure Follies of 2008 2/14/08
Wall St. Journal, Rupert Murdoch 12/18/07
MORTGAGE SCANDAL
Stockholders---the real losers 2/21/08
PERSONAL FINANCE
Contents summary of textbook 2/12/08
REAL ESTATE
Experts vs. Novices 1/18/08
Foreclosures, investing in 1/18/08
RECESSION
Just what is a recession, anyway? 2/29/08
SAVINGS AND LOAN COMPANIES
Debacle 12/13/08---12/16/08, 1/24/08
SCAMS AND "BUYER BEWARE"
Beware Cell Phone Small Print 3/7/08
Class action lawsuits 2/11/08
Coins 1/12/08
"Free" Money 1/12/08
"Get Rich Quick" Schemes---Wrong Place 2/4/08
Identity "Giveaway" 1/29/08
Street Ripoffs 1/19/08
SPENDING HABITS
Cutting down when necessary 3/7/08
STATISTICS
"Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics" 2/27/09
Relative to what? 2/27/09
TAXES
The "Transaction Levy"---fictional horror story 1/24/08
Taxes on early 401k and IRA withdrawals 2/13/08
TELEPHONE "MENUS"
"Get Human" website for shortcuts 2/25/08
WALL STREET
Selling tainted mortgages abroad 2/14/08
High risk hedge funds 2/18/08
WORK AND JOBS
Outsourcing 10/27/07
AIRLINES
Airport security 2/25/08
Flaws 2/9/08
Frequent Flyer Plans 2/9/08
Service 2/9/08
T.S.A. Blog 2/25/08
AUSTRALIA
Murray River cruises 2/19/08
Planning 1/27/08
COSTS
"Open Skies" Agreement---lower airfares? 2/09/08, 2/25/08
CRUISES
River cruises vs. ocean cruises 2/19/08
FLYING
Compared with Driving 2/9/08
Tight connections 11/15/07
U.S. vs. foreign-based airlines 2/9/08
LINKS TO HELPFUL SITES 2/28/08
LONDON
Expensive 1/10/08
NEW ZEALAND Planning 1/27/08
TRAVEL ADVERTISING
Misleading ads 1/31/08
Watch for summer '08 airfare bargains 2/9/08
VACATION
Best value for travel dollars 2/3/08
Budgeting time 1/27/08
Home rentals, contracts 1/20/08
River cruises 2/19/08
BUSINESS, PRACTICE
Selling 1/15/08
ESTATE TAXES
Changes due 2010-2011 2/20/08
FREE SEMINARS
"No such thing as a free lunch..." 2/8/08
HOUSING
Time to downsize home? 3/5/08
INTERNET
Senior contacts, be wary 1/7/08
LINKS TO HELPFUL SITES 2/28/08
PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS
Fees and costs 2/8/08
References 2/8/08
Replacing retirees, etc. 2/5/08
RETIREMENT ADVICE
Generations must talk to each other 2/20/08
Peace of mind from changing homes 3/5/08
"You don't get a do-over" 2/13/08
RETIREMENT PLANS
Cashing in or borrowing on 401k plans 2/13/08
Cashing in or borrowing on IRA plans 2/13/08
Generations must talk to each other 2/20/08
A SPA FOR YOUR BRAIN
LOOKING BACK: "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?"
2020 2/1/08
Financial Follies of 2008 2/14/08
How the Locusts Ate America 1/24/08
Hubert Hindsight 2/1/08
Mistakes 2/1/08
Shady Dealings 1/24/08
What??? $30 for Popcorn at the Movies? 3/4/08
