August 3, 2002: Market and Economy Watch
Broadcast Guests
•   Michael Farr - President and majority owner of Farr, Miller & Washington, LLC.
•   Dallas Salisbury - President and CEO of the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
•   Twila Slesnick - Certified Public Accountant who specializes in retirement planning.
•   Will Hermes - Freelance writer.
•   Stephen Elias - Attorney and author of three books on the subject of bankruptcy.
•   Erica Whittlinger - Sound Money's in-house investment expert and former president of Whittlinger Capital Management.

Web Sites
•    www.ebri.org - The Employee Benefit Research Institute is a non-profit group that researches economic security and employee benefits.
•    Looking for a retirement planning calculator?
    www.asec.org - The American Savings Education Counsel has gathered many financial calculators, including all of the basic retirement calculators.
Another site to visit for calculating how much money you could withdraw each year: www.troweprice.com.
    Two sites that CPA and retirement planning expert Twila Slesnick recommends:
www/nolo.com/lawcenter/calc
http://financenter.com
•    www.nolo.com - Visit Nolo.com for information about bankruptcy and retirement planning written by our guests Stephen Elias and Twila Slesnick.
•    If you're thinking of converting a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, Chris Farrell recommends you visit one of the major investment company's IRA conversion calculators, which can be found online. Vanguard's calculator is an example.
•    www.socialinvest.org - Visit Socialinvest.org to research socially responsible investment tools, including the Domini 400 index fund Chris Farrell mentioned on the show.

Books
•    How to File for Bankruptcy, by Stephen Elias, (Nolo Press, 1998).
•   How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, by Stephen Elias (Nolo Press, 2001).
•    Get A Financial Life, Personal finances in your Twenties and Thirties, by Beth Kobliner, Simon and Schuster, June 2000.
•    IRAs, 401(k)s & Other Retirement Plans: Taking Your Money Out, by John Suttle and Twila Slesnick, (Nolo, 2002).

August 10, 2002: War and the Economy
Broadcast Guests
•   Joanna Crane - Program manager for the Federal Trade Commission's Identity Theft Program.
•   Cliff Feigenbaum - Author and editor of The Green Money Journal.
•   Walter Russell Mead - Author and senior fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.
•   Robert Monks - Shareholder activist and author. Visit his Web site: www.ragm.com.
•   Erica Whittlinger - Sound Money's in-house investment expert and former president of Whittlinger Capital Management.

Web Sites
•    www.cfr.org/index_public.html - The Council on Foreign Relations is an organization dedicated to increasing America's understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy.
•    www.thecorporatelibrary.com - Robert Monks is affiliated with this corporate governance group.
•    www.greenmoneyjournal.com - This is Cliff Feigenbaum's newsletter about online investing. The newsletter is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
•    www.socialinvest.org - Visit this site to research socially responsible investment tools, including the Domini 400 index fund Chris Farrell mentioned on the show.
•    www.consumer.gov/idtheft/ - This is the U.S. government's central Web site for information about identity theft.
•    www.savingsbonds.gov - This site, part of the U.S. Treasury site, has information about all types of savings bonds, including the Series-I bonds.
•    www.annuity.com - Use this site to compare different annuity products.

Books
•    Investing With Your Values: Making Money and Making a Difference, by Cliff Feigenbaum, et al., (Bloomberg, 1999).
•   Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World, by Walter Russell Mead, (Knopf, 2001).
•    The New Global Investors: How Shareowners can Unlock Sustainable Prosperity Worldwide, by Robert Monks, (Capstone,2001).
•    Corporate Governance, by Robert Monks and Nell Minow, (Blackwell, 2001).
•    The Emperor's Nightingale: Restoring the Integrity of the Corporation in the Age of Shareholder Activism, by Robert Monks, (Perseus, 1999).

August 17, 2002: Rebalancing
Broadcast Guests
•   Gerri Detweiler - Personal finance author and consumer advocate.
•   Lyle Gramley - Senior Economic Advisor at Charles Schwab and Former Federal Reserve Governor.
•   Robert Shiller - Yale economist and author.
•   Eric Schurenberg - Commentator and editor of Business 2.0 Magazine.
•   Erica Whittlinger - Sound Money's in-house investment expert and former president of Whittlinger Capital Management.

Web Sites
•   www.federalreserve.gov - This is the Federal Reserve's Web site. Learn more about the board and its importance.
•   www.ultimatecredit.com - This is Gerri Detweiler's Web site, complete with a list of her books and a section for your questions.
•   www.business2.com - Business 2.0 Magazine online.
•   www.napfa.org - This is the National Association of Fee Based Financial Planner's site. Find a certified financial planner in your area and learn more about financial planning through the NAFB.

Books
•    Invest in Yourself: Six Secrets to a Rich Life, by Gerri Detweiler, et al. (John Wiley & Sons, 1998).
•   The Ultimate Credit Handbook: How to Double Your Credit, Cut Your Debt, and Have a Lifetime of Great Credit, by Gerri Detweiler (Penguin USA, February 1997).
•   A Random Walk Down Wall Street, by Burton Malkiel (W. W. Norton, 7th ed., 2000).
•   Irrational Exuberance, by Robert Shiller (Broadway Books, 2001).

August 24, 2002: Dot-Com Survivors
Broadcast Guests
•   Richard Curtin - Director of The University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index.
•   David Heim - Deputy editor of Consumer Reports magazine.
•   Ross Levin - President and founder of Accredited Investors Inc. in Edina, Minnesota.
•   Rakesh Shankar - Economist who specializes in Internet companies for the research group Economy.com.
•   Erica Whittlinger - Sound Money's in-house investment expert.

Web Sites
•   www.economy.com (also known as Dismal.com - You can find many tools to evaluate the economy at this economic research firm's Web site. Read economist Rakesh Shankar's paper on the Internet industry.
•   Economist Rakesh Shankar mentioned the following Internet companies as examples of healthy companies in the industry: Expedia.com, Travelocity.com, Hotels.com, and USAinteractive.com.
•   www.shop.org/research/reports.html" - Shankar mentions this study that found that 50 percent of Internet companies were profitable in 2001.
•   www.consumerreports.org - This is the online version of the magazine known for testing products and reporting the results to consumers. View their special back to school guide.
•   www.sca.isr.umich.edu/ - This is the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers, directed by Richard Curtin.
•   www.financialengines.com - Use this site to help determine what the term "balanced portfolio" means to you.

August 31, 2002: The American Workforce
Broadcast Guests
•   Everett Ehrlich - Director of Research at the Committee for Economic Development.
•   Larry Mishel - President of the Economic Policy Institute.
•   John Sweeney - President of the AFL-CIO.
•   Erica Whittlinger - Sound Money's in-house investment expert.
•   Ken Yancey - CEO of the Service Corps of Retired Executives.

Web Sites
•   www.aflcio.org - Homepage of the AFL-CIO, a federation of American labor unions, representing more than 13 million working women and men.
•   www.epinet.org - Homepage of the Economic Policy Institute. You can find their studies of the state of America's workers that Larry Mishel cites here.
•   www.ced.org - You can look at the Committee for Economic Development's workforce policy papers here.
•   www.score.org - This is a useful site for people starting or running their own business. It is run by retired business executives, including our guest Ken Yancey.
•   www.savingforcollege.com - This is a great resource for parents exploring 529 savings plans for their children.
•   www.nyse.com - Chris mentioned this site on the show for those interested in learning more about how the New York Stock Exchange runs.
•   www.corporate.com - The Company Corporation helps prospective business owners set up corporations or LLCs.