June 3 - June 10 - June 17 - June 24
Buying Individual Stocks, with Robert Barker
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June 3, 2000
Making the leap from putting money into equity mutual funds to buying individual stocks is easier said than done. Do you buy what's hot? Or do you do the research and make a rational decision? The dazzling performance of the high tech stocks at the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000 has lured a lot of individuals into the market, including many who had never bought a stock before. What should you know before you put your money into individual equities? Find out on this edition of Sound Money when Robert Barker, author of Business Week's "The Barker Portfolio," joins Chris Farrell to discuss buying individual stocks.
Resources mentioned on this broadcast
- CHRIS FARRELL INTERVIEW #1: Buying Individual Stocks
Robert
Barker, author of Business Week's "The Barker Portfolio," joins Chris
Farrell to discuss buying individual stocks.
- YOUR MONEY MANAGER: Weakness Leads to Strength
Erica Whittlinger talks about the indicators that are pointing to a slower economy.
- CHRIS FARRELL INTERVIEW #2: Effects of Globalization
Part one of Chris’s conversation with New York Times
foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman on the economic effects of
globalization.
- CHRIS FARRELL INTERVIEW #3: Summer Jobs
Financial educator Ruth Hayden talks with Chris about summer
jobs for students.
- The NEWS & VIEWS of Chris Farrell: Investment Basics for the Web Age
Chris Farrell talks about how to have fun trading stocks, but not putting your future at risk.
- BUYER'S MARKET: Best
Credit Card Rates This Week
Your Money Manager, with Erica Whittlinger
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June 10, 2000
When it comes to your money, a second opinion from a trusted advisor is always
a good idea, and each month, Sound Money offers you the chance to check in with
one of the best. Erica Whittlinger is president of Whittlinger Capital Management,
a money management firm in Minneapolis, and her comments are a weekly feature
of the program. She'll join Chris Farrell on this edition to take calls from
listeners.
Resources mentioned on this broadcast
- CHRIS FARRELL INTERVIEW #1: Erica Whittlinger
- YOUR MONEY MANAGER: Porsche
Is To Blame
Erica Whittlinger wonders whether auto sales a good measure of the economy.
- CHRIS FARRELL INTERVIEW #2: Effects of Globalization
Part two of Chris’s conversation with New York Times foreign affairs
columnist Thomas Friedman.
- CHRIS FARRELL INTERVIEW #3: Life After College
Ruth Hayden has financial advice for new college graduates.
- CHRIS FARRELL INTERVIEW #4: New on the Web
Chris talks with Dan Otter about his new Web site, www.403bwise.com.
- The NEWS & VIEWS of Chris Farrell: The
Stock Market Bubble Debate
The bottom line? The Fed is either finished or almost done with its monetary
tightening. Better yet, the market's recent performance suggests the fear
that the stock market is a bubble set to burst is wrong.
- BUYER'S MARKET: Best
Credit Card Rates This Week
Personal Philanthropy, with Ross Levin
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June 17, 2000
A healthy economy and robust stock market have made many Americans wealthier than they ever imagined possible. Thanks to diligent contributions to retirement savings plans and regular investments, countless individuals have amassed significant personal fortunes, and many are incorporating charitable giving in their financial plans. Ross Levin, CFP, believes that identifying and implementing charitable intent is as much a part of financial planning as tax considerations and asset allocation. He's the founding principal of Accredited Investors, Inc. and will join Chris Farrell to talk about personal philanthropy on this edition of Sound Money.
Resources mentioned on this broadcast
- CHRIS FARRELL INTERVIEW #1: Personal Philanthropy
Ross Levin, founding principal of Accredited Investors, Inc. talks with Chris Farell about financial planning.
- YOUR MONEY MANAGER: Guess Again
Erica Whittlinger ponders if the Feds will raise the rates again or not.
- CHRIS FARRELL INTERVIEW #2: "Q Ratio"
Chris talks with Stephen Wright, co-author of Valuing Wall
Street, a recent book that uses the "Q ratio" in analyzing and forecasting
market outcomes.
- CHRIS FARRELL INTERVIEW #3: Interest Rates
Real estate expert Julie Garton-Good visits with Chris about
mortgage interest rates.
- The NEWS & VIEWS of Chris Farrell: Stocks and Social Security
Chris Farrell talks about the proposal to privatize Social Security.
- BUYER'S MARKET: Best
Credit Card Rates This Week
Personal Finances for Generation Xers, with Beth Kobliner
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June 24, 2000
Generation Xers may have a reputation for being slackers, but there are many who take their lives and their jobs seriously. They put in long hours at work, contribute to 401(k)'s, hope to buy houses, try to pay off their student loans, and look for savvy investments. Yet they may have little understanding how the marketplace and the markets work. Beth Kobliner, a Generation Xer herself, taught the basics of money management to her peers in Get a Financial Life (Simon & Schuster) a few years ago, and she has now updated this popular book. She'll be on this edition of Sound Money to take calls and share her insights into how twenty- and thirty-somethings can make the most of their money.
- CHRIS FARRELL INTERVIEW #1: Personal Finances for Generation Xers
Beth Kobliner shares with Sound Money Generation Xers can make the most of their money
- YOUR MONEY MANAGER: Resistance is Futile
Erica Whittlinger asks if we have been assimilated by the Borg.
- CHRIS FARRELL INTERVIEW #2: Investing and Globalization
Chris talks with Alisa Gravitz, executive director of Co-op
America, and vice president of the Social Investment Forum about socially
responsible investing and globalization..
- CHRIS FARRELL INTERVIEW #3: Rent vs. Buy
Real estate expert Julie Garton-Good discusses renting vs.
buying.
- The NEWS & VIEWS of Chris Farrell: Don't Repeal the Estate Tax
Chris Farrell talks about weather or not it is a good idea to abolish the estate tax.
- BUYER'S MARKET: Best
Credit Card Rates This Week
