Category: 3-PersonalFinanceDaily

Interview with Peter Conti-Brown. We discuss the FED and his book, "The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve"

Investing Skeptically: the results of many market segments are presented.

Automakers rev up sales. Retailers report some not-so-happy holiday numbers. Apple reports some big numbers for its apps. And Sears unloads its toolbox. Plus, Motley Fool analyst David Kretzmann reports from Las Vegas about some of the hot tech trends at CES 2017.

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Laura interviews David Pogue, author of the new book, Pogue’s Basics: Money – Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) About Beating the System. You'll take away easy ways to outsmart retailers, leverage savings programs, and keep more of your hard-earned money, no matter how much or little you have. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2i8iVJb

Interview with Daniel Batcheldor. His new book is "Astronomy Saves the World: Securing our Future Through Exploration and Education". You will love it!

Investing Skeptically: 2016 market performance & How to pick mutual funds.

What was the underappreciated business story of 2016? Which stocks should investors be watching in 2017? Which stocks should investors avoid? Our analysts reflect on 2016, preview the new year, and make some reckless predictions.

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On this week's show, we revisit some of our favorite conversations about investor behavior. Best-selling author Carl Richards talks about the benefits of the overnight test. Christopher Chabris talks invisible gorillas and intuition. And Dan Ariely talks investing and irrationality.

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Interview with Ryan Cragun. His new book is "How to Defeat Religion in 10 Easy Steps: A Toolkit for Secular Activists". Great ideas on how we can created a secular world and defeat religion. It is a short and powerful book. Ideas include: Promoting a fact based secular education, Empowerment of all minority groups, Sexual liberation, taking back control of holidays and rituals and much more.

Investing Skeptically: The cost of owning a Prius and how to get money out of your IRA before 59.5 years of age without a penalty!

Laura gives 7 tips to pay off your student loans the cheapest ways possible. She also interviews a couple who graduated with $600,000 of student loan debt after graduating from dental and law school. Find out their experiences, missteps, and tips for dealing with loans, having a repayment plan, and getting a great education for less. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2hHGM3S Get the Money Girl book at http://MoneyGirlBook.com.

The Fed raises interest rates. Chipotle makes big changes in the boardroom. Yahoo! gets hacked. And Pier 1 stuns Wall Street. Plus, CNBC's Carl Quintanilla talks about the business of binge-watching and previews the year ahead. Get a free preview of our brand new service Motley Fool Explorer at GoExplorer.Fool.com .

 

 

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Four former Christians tell us about losing their faith.

Investing Skeptically: Why use an IRA