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Books: July 5, 2003
DocumentThink Single: The Woman's Guide to Financial Security at Every Stage of Life by Janet Bodnar (Kiplinger Books, 2003)

DocumentDollars & Sense for Kids by Janet Bodnar (Kiplinger Books, 1999)

DocumentA Random Walk Down Wall Street, Completely Revised and Updated Edition by Burton G. Malkiel (W.W. Norton & Company; 8th edition, 2003)

DocumentGlobal Bargain Hunting by Burton G. Malkiel (Touchstone Books, 1999)

DocumentWorry-Free Investing: A Safe Approach to Achieving Your Lifetime Financial Goals by Zvi Bodie and Michael Close(Financial Times Prentice Hall, May 2003)

DocumentThe Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias (Harvest Books, January 2002)

DocumentAdventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip by Jim Rogers (Random House, 2003)

DocumentInvestment Biker: Around the World With Jim Rogers by Jim Rogers (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003)

DocumentJohn Adams by David McCullough (Touchstone Books, 2002)


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Sound Money for July 5, 2003



AudioListen to the entire July 5, 2003 program

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SegmentA random walk to the best investments
SegmentThe boomerang generation
SegmentErica's Stock Watch
SegmentInvesting for globetrotters
SegmentListener questions for July 5, 2003
SegmentEducation: the key to independence

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AudioA random walk to the best investments
Looking for a simple long-term investment strategy? Princeton economics professor Burton Malkiel explains how index funds beat even the best actively managed funds.

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DocumentA Random Walk Down Wall Street, Completely Revised and Updated Edition
DocumentGlobal Bargain Hunting

AudioThe boomerang generation
This year's graduating seniors are entering the toughest job market in a decade. Is your college grad one of the many planning to move back home? Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's family finance expert Janet Bodnar tells parents and their adult children how to handle it in a way that's fair to everyone.

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DocumentKiplinger's Personal Finance
DocumentThink Single: The Woman's Guide to Financial Security at Every Stage of Life
DocumentDollars & Sense for Kids

DocumentErica's Stock Watch
Sound Money's in-house investment expert Erica Whittlinger reports on the model portfolios she's been tracking this year. By the end of the first quarter, these model portfolios of CNN/Money, Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, Fortune, and Smart Money were down two to 12 percent. Has the recent market rally improved on these first quarter results? Erica gives her update.
AudioInvesting for globetrotters
Adventure capitalist Jim Rogers traveled the world to find the best international investments for the next century. His book tells you where in the world he thinks you should invest your money.
Resources
DocumentJim Rogers's Web site
DocumentAdventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip
DocumentInvestment Biker: Around the World With Jim Rogers

AudioListener questions for July 5, 2003
Chris Farrell answers listeners' questions.
Resources
DocumentWorry-Free Investing: A Safe Approach to Achieving Your Lifetime Financial Goals
DocumentThe Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need
DocumentA Random Walk Down Wall Street, Completely Revised and Updated Edition
DocumentGinnie Mae

DocumentEducation: the key to independence
Chris Farrell reflects on founding father John Adams' vision of the new democratic republic, and what that vision means to the new economy. He says the great economic challenge of our era is to live up to Adams' dream of a literate, educated nation.
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DocumentJohn Adams



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