Latest articles by Bob Frick
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Financial Lessons from Immigrants: Save and Grow
business Virginia's Indian community thrives by encouraging its young people to get good educations and start small businesses.
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How to Find a Solar Installer
spending Use the resources to hire a qualified contractor.
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How Money on the Mind Changes Our Behavior
Investor Psychology Just the thought of money can make us focus more on ourselves than on others.
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How to Lease Your Own Home Solar Power System
spending Leasing a home solar power system can deliver savings on your electric bill immediately -- if you live in the right place.
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How to Fund a Scholarship
college Your alma mater needs you.
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How We Can Make the System Fairer
Economic Forecasts In his latest book, Yale’s Robert Shiller offers his ideas for fixing the world of finance.
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The Mysterious Oceanstone Fund
investing This fund's performance has been impressive, but its manager's silence makes it hard to recommend.
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Why Your Credit-Card Debt Won't Die
Investor Psychology We tend to pay off the card with the smallest balance first, regardless of the interest rate.
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A Guide to Understanding How Your Brain Works
Investor Psychology This book on how our minds’ intuitive and logical parts work together can help us recognize investing mistakes.
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How Bond Rescues Helped Cause the Financial Crisis
Economic Forecasts Russell Roberts, a professor of economics at George Mason University, says government bailouts left bondholders reckless.
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Angst Over Annuities
insurance Giving up a lump sum in favor of a series of payments may wreak havoc with our mental accounts.
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Tightwads and Spendthrifts
Investor Psychology Both of these extreme spending personalities suffer pain and guilt when faced with opening up their wallets. Here's how you can strike a better balance.
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Just Say No to Extras to Save Money
savings You'll beat tricky merchants and let bad shoppers pay for your bargain.
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Can Money Make You Happy?
Investor Psychology The relationship between happiness and income can be summed up in a simple equation, but really, it's complicated.
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David Tice: Market Bear, Now Movie Bull
investing David Tice of Dallas, Texas, was famous for dire forecasts when he ran the Prudent Bear fund. But after he sold the fund, he helped bankroll an uplifting Hollywood film.
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My Story: A Soldier Comes Full Circle
business Retired U.S. Army officer Justino Sosa of Chicago has a new career teaching personal finance at a community college like the one that put him on the road to success.
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Global Government Finance Bubble Continues to Grow
Economic Forecasts Doug Noland, the Prudent Bear Fund senior portfolio manager, has predicted credit problems for years. What's he saying now?
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Improve Your Investing Decisions By Ignoring Short-Term Predictions
Investor Psychology Believing in the illusion of control, or the ability to forecast the future, can cause overconfidence in investors and harm to your portfolio.
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How to Be a Better Investor
Investor Psychology Step one: Recognize -- and overcome -- the psychological hurdles that influence our behavior.
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How to Build a Better Portfolio
investing The key to successful investing is in how you divvy your assets between U.S. stocks, foreign stocks, bonds, cash and other types of investments.
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Best Value Cities 2011: 1. Omaha, Neb.
business A hot business climate, cool amenities and cheap-and-easy living earn Omaha our top spot.
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Sex Drives Spending
Investor Psychology Don't let tricky marketing ploys influence your financial decisions and get you to spend more.
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Are Hedge Funds Right for You?
investing They generate a lot of headlines but not great returns. Here’s how to get the best of what they offer and pay a lot less.
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How Media Excess Can Mess With Your Wealth
Investor Psychology Don't let an inundation of news scare you away from your long-term investing strategy.
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