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Archive for October, 2006

The Friday Five

Each Friday I’ll provide five articles or links from the past week that are worth checking out. And this week we have:
What It Takes To Be Great - Research now shows that the lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success. The secret? Painful and demanding practice and hard work.
Woman Dies at 100, [...]

The Average American: 1967 and Today

Tom Van Riper at Forbes.com has an interesting article and slideshow that talks about how American families have changed financially over the past few decades.
Mr. and Mrs. Median’s $46,326 in annual income is 32% more than their mid-’60s counterparts, even when adjusted for inflation, and 13% more than those at the median in the economic [...]

12,000 Dow Milestone - So What?

If you have been to any finance website or watched the news in the past 24 hours then you are aware of the new milestone reached by the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The average closed at the highest point ever at just over 12,000. At first glance this sounds great and our markets are doing [...]

Open Enrollment Season

Fall is in the air, and that means many employers begin their open enrollment period for benefits. Even if your employer doesn’t do open enrollment in the fall, keep reading. There is important information to consider for when your time comes. This is an important time of year for anyone who works and can only [...]