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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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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