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You are invited to a NAPFA Consumer Education Foundation event at 5:30pm on Thursday Oct. 18th at the Charlottesville Senior Center.

The hypocrisy of candidates who pretend to be generous with other people’s money while purposefully characterizing those who are actually generous destructively is an issue worthy of consideration when you vote.

Much has been made about Mitt Romney’s tax returns. Reviewing them clarifies both public policy and personal wealth management. A quick calculation assumes their overall tax rate was 14.1%. But this number is highly misleading.

The Romney’s generosity and tax burden is hardly the example of greed and avarice that advocates of greater government would have us believe.

Interview with George Marotta on his time at Stanford’s Hoover Institution with Miilton Friedman, Thomas Sowell and Edward Teller.

As you get closer to the hole with each shot (this could be too much of an assumption for those hack like me) you can focus on precision over power.

The worst thing you can do is to do nothing at all and assume everything will pan out in the end. No matter how much (or how little) money you have, you need at least a simple will.

Four reasons not to abandon a brilliant allocation that includes emerging markets simply because of short term fluctuations.

Measuring progress regularly on the path toward retirement is critical. Fall too far behind, and you risk not being able to save enough to catch up. There is no downside to arriving early.

This week’s Carnival is an eclectic mix of tips, tricks, and advice about everything from teaching children about money, to credit cards, to tips for students, to ideas on spicing up your work life.

MarketWatch is seeking a top-notch writer who will bring a fresh perspective on money to the world’s investors. We believe that fresh perspective ought to include the idea of freedom investing.

Is Social Justice
an expression of good will towards the less fortunate -OR-
a principle that rewards should be determined by political power?

Despite being told on the Social Security website that you will lose benefits, those who go back to work will earn a higher benefit in the future and will make up for their penalized earnings.

Sometimes the medium term trend seems to weigh more heavily in our minds than the long or short term trends.

Knowing how much you should save for retirement is critical. But what if you are late getting started? The longer you delay, the shorter the time that compound interest can do its magic on your savings.