Irving Kristol’s Reality Principles – Wall Street Journal, Saturday/Sunday, September 19 –20, 2009 (Weekend Edition – Opinion Section) and Health Care/Health Insurance ‘Reform” -- (POSTED 9-21-09)

by Rick Shaffer 21. September 2009 05:40
  The following execerpt – puslished in the  September 19 – 20, 2009 weekend editon of the Wall Street Journal – is one of a number of excerpts gathered from essays that appeared over the years in the WSJ by Irving Kristol, who died recently at the age of 89. Mr. Kris... [More]

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CUSTOM BUILDING A HOME – (POSTED 9-17-09)

by Rick Shaffer 17. September 2009 11:16
With the recent – albeit modest – pick up in the real estate market, an issue which we’ve heard little of over the recent real estate slowdown has begun to arise again.  Namely, is it a good idea to, rather than purchasing an already existing home, purchase undeveloped land ... [More]

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SELF-EMPLOYEMENT HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX DEDUCTION -- (POSTED 9-8-09)

by Rick Shaffer 8. September 2009 12:03
  Over the past number of months there has been, appropriately so, an extreme amount of debate over the proposals for overhauling the health care system, and how and by whom it’s paid for.  Lost in that debate, however, is the fact that, at least in Massachusetts, everyone ... [More]

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NASAA 2009 “TOP TEN INVESTOR TRAPS” -- (POSTED 8-25-09)

by Rick Shaffer 25. August 2009 09:38
   While they’re always prevalent, get rich quick and other inappropriate/highly risky investments tend to become more prevalent during difficult financial times such as those we’re experiencing today.  Concurrently, investors (big and small) need to be even more... [More]

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MAXIMIZING YOUR HOME’S SELLING PRICE -- (POSTED 8-10-09)

by Rick Shaffer 10. August 2009 12:55
    The August real estate market is, per usual, very very slow.  But, hopefully, it will (as it usually does) pick after summer and summer vacations are over.  So, for those of you who have been trying to sell your home but haven’t done so so far, or who are think... [More]

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POST-9/11 GI BILL -- (POSTED 8-7-09)

by Rick Shaffer 7. August 2009 14:41
   While we here on “The Money Show” are not especially great fans of government spending – especially the way the government has been spending money lately – there are (usually) exceptions to every rule.  One such exception which we greatly applaud is the ... [More]

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NEW STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM -- (POSTED 7-9-09)

by Rick Shaffer 9. July 2009 16:34
As we recently noted on The Money Show, a new “Income Based Repayment” program designed to help students who are having difficulty repaying their student loans has recently gone into effect.  Following are highlights from a recent Boston Herald article which gives an overview of the... [More]

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THE ECONOMY, THE RECESSION, AND GLOBAL WARMING – (POSTED – 6-28-09)

by Rick Shaffer 28. June 2009 21:19
   Below is a column entitled “The Climate Change Climate Change, The number of skeptics is swelling everywhere”,  that recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal.  The column, written  by Kimberly A. Strassel, points out and explains the growing skepticism... [More]

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“CASH FOR CLUNKERS” LEGISLATION

by Rick Shaffer 23. June 2009 11:31
    As we noted last week on “The Money Show”, Congress has passed  a so-called “Cash for Clunkers” piece of legislation which, in essence, gives consumers who trade in their older, lower mileage vehicles for a new, higher mileage vehicle, vouchers wor... [More]

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NEW CREDIT CARD LEGISLATION -- (POSTED 6-15-09)

by Rick Shaffer 15. June 2009 12:16
As we've noted numerous times previously on "The Money Show", we are, to say the least, skeptical of the credit card industry in general and the recently passed new credit card legislation in particular, since this legislation does not go far enough in protecting consumers from credi... [More]

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Rick Shaffer brings “The Money Show” to 96.9 WTKK, Boston's Talk Evolution each Saturday Afternoon from 1PM - 4PM. Then on Sunday from 9AM – NOON, Rick Shaffer and Susan Kaplan reprise the Money Show where they discuss everything from finance and investment to real estate and law.

Shaffer, an attorney with the law firm of Andrews & Updegraph and a graduate of both Boston College and Northeastern University School of Law, has hosted “The Money Show” since 1991. He has also been a regular guest and contributing financial expert on various programs on New England Cable News, WLVI-TV and other local television stations, and has been a financial, real estate and business writer for the Middlesex News, the Boston Herald, the Boston Globe and S&P Personal Wealth.

Susan Kaplan is a Certified Financial Planner and is the president of Kaplan Financial Services in Wellesley. For the past four years, Worth Magazine has named Kaplan one of the top 200 financial planners in the country and she has been featured in Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street and Mutual Fund publications.

In 2006, Barron’s named Susan as one of the top 100 Women Financial Advisors in the country. Susan has also been named by Boston Magazine as one of the top 10 financial advisors in Boston (March 2006) and inducted into the 2003 Advisor Hall of Fame by Research Magazine. Susan has been chosen by Worth Magazine as one of the top 100 financial planners in the country for six years. She has been chosen by Medical Economics in the past five consecutive years as one of the best 100 financial advisors for doctors.

Susan has been featured in Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street and Mutual Fund publications as well as numerous other financial journals. She has appeared on Bloomberg News, CNBC, WGBH, and Channels 4, 5, and 7. She has been asked to speak on investments at several major national meetings and has also been chosen to do Money Makeovers for the Boston Globe. She was a presenter at the CNBC / Fidelity Money Show for two years in a row. She co-hosts the radio show, The Money Show, on WTKK – 96.9 FM every Sunday morning.

 

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