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	<title>Get Financial Finesse &#187; Money Madness or Money Miracle</title>
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		<title>Is the &#8220;permanent portfolio&#8221; hyper-diversification worth considering?</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/06/is-the-permanent-portfolio-hyper-diversification-worth-considering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/06/is-the-permanent-portfolio-hyper-diversification-worth-considering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money Madness or Money Miracle]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=1730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After the last couple of years, many investors are wondering if there&#8217;s an investment strategy that could have avoided all that volatility while still earning the returns they&#8217;ll need to retire on time. This Marketplace article discusses the &#8220;permanent portfolio&#8221; strategy developed by the late investment adviser Harry Browne. The portfolio arguably has the best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Games the Answer to Our Future Financial Literacy Problems?</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/04/are-games-the-answer-to-our-financial-literacy-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/04/are-games-the-answer-to-our-financial-literacy-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ward</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=1527</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent article by Heather Larson introduces 8 games that teach children and young adults about managing money and credit, but are financial games enough to teach the next generation about financial responsibility?  Games like Payday, Monopoly and Life have been around for years, and yet previous generations have failed to understand the simple idea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would you dump the stocks in your retirement portfolio in exchange for greatly reduced risk?</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/03/would-you-dump-the-stocks-in-your-retirement-portfolio-in-exchange-for-greatly-reduced-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/03/would-you-dump-the-stocks-in-your-retirement-portfolio-in-exchange-for-greatly-reduced-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money Madness or Money Miracle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk tolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stock market]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=1430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The traditional investment advice is to buy stocks and hold them for the long run.   The problem is that there have been many long periods of time when the stock market remained essentially flat or even negative.  Most recently, stocks lost about -.95% a year over the ten year period ending in 2009.  That doesn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How young is too young to shop?</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/02/do-young-children-need-to-learn-how-to-shop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/02/do-young-children-need-to-learn-how-to-shop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money Madness or Money Miracle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids and money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=1398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On a recent episode of Shark Tank, a show where entrepreneurs pitch their businesses to venture capitalists to secure financing, one entrepreneur was looking for capital to expand a store that sells exclusively to young children who buy gifts for their parents as a way to teach them about the shopping experience.  The store looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Your Finances Separately as a Married Couple: Is it a Marriage-Saving Money Miracle or Sheer Money Madness?</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/01/managing-your-finances-separately-as-a-married-couple-is-it-a-marriage-saving-money-miracle-or-sheer-money-madness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/01/managing-your-finances-separately-as-a-married-couple-is-it-a-marriage-saving-money-miracle-or-sheer-money-madness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money Madness or Money Miracle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=1348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are two schools of thought when it comes to marriage and finances. A growing number of people are choosing to keep their finances separate, so they can manage their money their way and don&#8217;t have to be impacted by their spouse&#8217;s financial decisions. Others think that this defeats the whole purpose of marriage&#8211; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Resolution: Cut the Credit Cards?</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/01/new-years-resolution-cut-the-credit-cards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/01/new-years-resolution-cut-the-credit-cards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money Madness or Money Miracle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Getting out of debt is at the top of a lot of people&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s resolutions list and getting rid of credit card debt is usually the best way to get started.  Unfortunately, if you&#8217;re anything like me, access to easy credit is also the hardest thing to kick.  Whenever my credit card balances start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would you trust financial advice from your credit card company?</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/12/would-you-trust-financial-advice-from-your-credit-card-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/12/would-you-trust-financial-advice-from-your-credit-card-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money Madness or Money Miracle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=1237</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Visa recently launched a financial literacy website called Practical Money Skills for Life that purports to &#8220;help students of all ages learn the essentials of personal finance.&#8221;  There are articles, calculators and other tools that you can use to help with budgeting, saving and controlling your debt. Some folks think it is about time Visa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A cure for the housing market?  Or a costly burden on taxpayers?</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/11/is-the-new-legislation-a-cure-for-the-housing-market-or-a-costly-burden-on-taxpayers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/11/is-the-new-legislation-a-cure-for-the-housing-market-or-a-costly-burden-on-taxpayers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money Madness or Money Miracle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=1121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The extended incentives were designed to revive the housing market. But some estimates put the price tag for taxpayers at more than $10 billion.]]></description>
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		<title>Will getting an allowance now help kids be better at handling money when they grow up?</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/10/will-getting-an-allowance-now-help-kids-be-better-at-handling-money-when-they-grow-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/10/will-getting-an-allowance-now-help-kids-be-better-at-handling-money-when-they-grow-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money Madness or Money Miracle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allowance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Take our poll and leave a comment.]]></description>
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		<title>Should high school students be allowed to manage actual school funds to teach them about investing?</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/09/should-high-school-students-be-allowed-to-manage-actual-school-funds-to-teach-them-about-investing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/09/should-high-school-students-be-allowed-to-manage-actual-school-funds-to-teach-them-about-investing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What better way to teach than to use real life experiences?  What do you think?  Is it a good idea to give those students real money experiences or to use a &#8220;money game?&#8221;]]></description>
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