Investing in investment education.
April is Financial Literacy for Youth Month (see this month's What's Working in Education section for a wealth of online curriculum resources on the topic). So it might be the right time to invest in The Young Investor: Projects and Activities for Making Your Money Grow. In the book,...

How the Cleaver family destroyed our S&Ls; low mortgages, high CD rates, and money market funds allowed Americans over 40 to take the rest of us to the cleaners.
How the Cleaver Family Destroyed Our S&Ls After a fair amount of confusion over which vague entity ("deregulation," "campaign finance") deserved the blame for the $500 billion savings and loan crisis, congressional leaders and the press are helpfully trying to focus the nation's resentment on one of two...

The structure and growth of the credit union industry in the United States: meeting challenges in the market.
I Introduction THE DEREGULATION of the financial services industry in the United States, which began to be implemented in 1977, is now more than fifteen years old. Depository, investment, insurance, brokerage and credit type financial intermediaries have evolved into what is called the financial services industry. A complex...

Dollar-cost averaging.
There are various ways to invest money. One method is to reposition current assets. An example of repositioning would be taking $10,000 from a money market fund and buying a diversified stock portfolio. Another way of investing is to accumulate some money every month until you have saved enough...

DAJA-SC, information paper, subject: Preparation of Confidential Financial Disclosure Reports (OGE 450) (8 August 1997).
INFORMATION PAPER DAJA-SC 8 August 1997 SUBJECT: Preparation of Confidential Financial Disclosure Reports (OGE 450) 1. PURPOSE: To provide information on the OGE 450. 2. FACTS: a. Who Must File? (1) A report must be filed when...

Banking on people.
The kid was good - phenomenally good. At a Colorado College course on sustainable economics and ecology taught by economist Walt Hecox and me, most students thrive on building a model for sustainable, community-based forestry within a market-driven economy. But this kid, Sam Beebe, was way good. At the end...

More ways to pay less.
Obviously, you want to pay Uncle Sam as little as possible, but you are not quite sure how to (legally) hang on to more of your money. "There are plenty of ways to take some of the teeth out of your annual tax bite," maintains Taxes 2006 For Dummies,...

Money talk.
The famous line of the late Jack Benny, "If I can't take it with me I'm not going," was always good for a big laugh. Not so funny, however, is that three out of four Americans die intestate (without a will). And if you think that your assets don't...

Opportunity investing; how to profit when stocks advance, stocks decline, inflation runs rampant, prices fall, oil prices hit the roof,... and every time in between.
0131721291 Opportunity investing; how to profit when stocks advance, stocks decline, inflation runs rampant, prices fall, oil prices hit the roof,... and every time in between. Appel, Gerald. Financial Times Prentice Hall 2007 350 pages $24.99 ...

Indiana Academy of Science 2006 year end financial report.
INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 2006 Year End Financial Report Balance Revenues 1-Jan-06 OPERATING FUND Dues 23,225.00 Interest 1,592.05 Contributions 50.00 Spring Meeting 200.00 Annual Meeting 8,060.00 Misc. Income 4.36 Officer's Expenses Operating Expenses Financial Expenses Newsletter Expenses Library Operations Committee Expenses Speaker of the Year AAAS Representative Web Site...