GETTING RID OF UNDERPERFORMING MUTUAL FUNDS -- (POSTED 12-15-08)

by Rick Shaffer 15. December 2008 14:35
It’s the end of the year, which means, its time to take a look at your investment portfolio (not a fun thing to do, given the past year’s economic “crisis”, but, something that you should do, nonetheless.  One obvious question: after reviewing your portfolio, you thi... [More]

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WHAT'S BEHIND WARREN BUFFET'S CURRENT THINKING -- (POSTED 12-9-08)

by Rick Shaffer 9. December 2008 16:20
  Many in the media (present company included) have referred to investor extraordinaire Warren Buffett’s continued bullishness in what, for almost everyone else, is a bear market.  But what is the basis for Mr. Buffet’s thinking? As writer Kirk Shi... [More]

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THE MIDDLE CLASSES’ BAILOUT (AT LEAST, IN PART) -- (PUBLISHED 12-3-08)

by Rick Shaffer 3. December 2008 19:01
 This past week, the Treasury, in its further attempts to unclog the credit markets and restart the sputtering economy, basically agreed to pump additional billions of dollars into the U.S. economy. Specifically targeted are credit cards, car loans, and, perhaps most importantly, mortgages.... [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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