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		<title>Macroeconomics lesson in two easy rap videos &#8211; Hayek v. Keynes &#8211; FIGHT!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yo, son! Hear the two macro heavyweights John Maynard Keynes (in the stimulus/top down corner) and F.A. Hayek (in the libertarian/bottom up corner) spit some fierce econ battle rhymes. Professor and economist Russell Roberts is behind this piece of youtube brilliance.  Check out his excellent podcast at econtalk.org. Round 1 Round 2 Chef vs Meth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=1319&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ramit Sethi will teach you to be rich &#8211; 4 links to wealth: negotiate, automate, cut costs &amp; earn more</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career advice/Make more money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simplify your life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spending less]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ramit Sethi is my favorite financial blogger and advice-giver for the &#8216;basics&#8217; (which can still be complicated) of personal finance: spending, saving and earning income.  He recently railed against those who worry about things that they can&#8217;t control, yet fail to do the simple steps that will really matter. His quoted question below to these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=1315&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest post: Baby-Boomers Often Cringe When the Notion of Retirement is Raised</title>
		<link>http://wordsofward.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/guest-post-baby-boomers-often-cringe-when-the-notion-of-retirement-is-raised/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Editor's note: The following is a guest post from an affiliate of ForexTraders.com.] Retirement has become the latest “dirty” three-syllable word in our daily lexicon, much to the chagrin of our Baby-Boomer generation.  Responsible for building much of our consumer-driven economy over the past several decades, this large sector of our population is staring at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=1309&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 tips on how to get rich from Warren Buffett</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career advice/Make more money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Measuring success & progress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, the tips are technically from Buffett&#8217;s biographer&#8230; as told by Parade magazine.  STILL, it&#8217;s a decent list, and as a HUGE Warren Buffett fan, I can&#8217;t help but share them.  The original Parade story is HERE. I&#8217;ve copied the 10 items below with my own take on how to make them actionable in your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=1298&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life Insurance &#8211; Why you need it, and what kind to get (Term!)</title>
		<link>http://wordsofward.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/life-insurance-why-you-need-it-and-what-kind-to-get-term/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Quick life insurance takeaways up front 1) AVOID buying &#8216;cash value&#8217; life insurance policies (whole, universal, variable). 2) Instead, buy TERM life insurance with guaranteed level-premiums. 3) Buy a term of 20 &#8211; 30 years, long enough to make sure all of your dependents will be financial independent (out of college, house paid off, spouse [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=1275&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">You gotta have it, but buy term!</media:title>
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		<title>Two new FANTASTIC retirement calculators</title>
		<link>http://wordsofward.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/two-new-fantastic-retirement-calculators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Calculators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retirement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Financial awesomeness I just discovered two really excellent and easy-to-use/understand retirement calculators from Vanguard (who else?) These are both essential tools for planning for retirement.  They will help you determine if you&#8217;re going to run out of money in retirement, how much to save for retirement, and how to retire earlier. #1 Retirement nest egg [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=1267&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Missing some cash?  Search for unclaimed property to find out</title>
		<link>http://wordsofward.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/missing-some-cash-search-for-unclaimed-property-to-find-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career advice/Make more money]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever had the feeling that you didn&#8217;t get a check or payment you were due, or just want to see if anyone owes you money that you forgot about?  Search your state&#8217;s unclaimed property records to see if there&#8217;s some &#8216;found money&#8217; just waiting for you to pick it up. Go to http://www.unclaimed.org/ and select [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=941&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Find out how your rent compares and then save on it!</title>
		<link>http://wordsofward.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/find-out-how-your-rent-compares-and-then-save-on-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may know from reading my articles on home-buying, I&#8217;m not a huge fan of buying real estate.  Instead, I prefer (and counsel others) to rent a reasonable home and use excess cash to max out my retirement accounts and other investments.  For most people, housing costs are usually the most expensive item on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=1211&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Use Rentometer to see what your neighbors pay for rent!</media:title>
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		<title>Top 100 best values in public colleges</title>
		<link>http://wordsofward.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/top-100-best-values-in-public-colleges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kiplinger&#8217;s has released its top 100 best values in public colleges.  (My alma mater, the University of Washington located in Seattle), was ranked #7 for in-state students!) You can also filter your search by state(s). They have a similar list for best values in PRIVATE colleges.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=1240&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Tis the season to give!  Words of Ward Philanthrophy for 2010</title>
		<link>http://wordsofward.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/tis-the-season-to-give-words-of-ward-philanthrophy-for-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I gave some guidance on how to find some worthy charities.  I&#8217;d like to renew my call for folks to help out those that are worse off than themselves this holiday season through charitable giving. For those with short attention spans, click here to pick from a great list of worthy charities.  (I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=1221&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why picking stocks is a &#8216;Loser&#8217;s Game&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://wordsofward.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/why-picking-stocks-tends-to-be-a-losers-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read Charles Ellis&#8217;s classic 1972 paper &#8220;The Loser&#8217;s Game&#8220;.  In plain English (and only 7 pages), Ellis deftly describes why professional investors fail, and will continue to fail, to beat passive indexes (which are my favorite investment recommendations.) It&#8217;s a good read if you&#8217;re interesting in investing.  (If you ignore my and Ellis&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=1203&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Picking the perfect diamond &#8211; how to buy a wedding ring</title>
		<link>http://wordsofward.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/picking-the-perfect-diamond-how-to-buy-a-wedding-ring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While diamonds may be a girl&#8217;s best friend, shopping for them is many a man&#8217;s worst nightmare.  Combine bewildering choices, fickle female tastes (no offense ladies), high prices, and high pressure salespeople, and you have a recipe for a pre-marriage meltdown.  Thanks in large part to De Beers&#8217; marketing campaigns, about 4 in 5 American [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=1155&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: Why We are Right to Rebuild Haiti or An Argument for Charity</title>
		<link>http://wordsofward.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/why-we-are-right-to-rebuild-haiti-or-an-argument-for-charity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politickin&#039;]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE on 10/20/2010: Here&#8217;s a link to a good TED talk on how the vast majority (like, ~99% perhaps) of lives lost during the Haiti earthquake were due to poor building construction.  The speaker notes that what is required for better buildings isn&#8217;t more money beyond what&#8217;s already required to rebuild Haiti, but just more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=881&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Find out how much money your Seattle-area neighbors make</title>
		<link>http://wordsofward.wordpress.com/2010/10/17/find-out-how-much-money-your-seattle-area-neighbors-make/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career advice/Make more money]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled upon a slick salary tool on the Seattle PI&#8217;s website: http://www.seattlepi.com/data/databases/wage_comparisons.asp &#160; &#160; From the above link, just pick the job position you want to compare (i.e.: hip hop singer/song-writer) and get mean and median salaries.  They have all kinds of positions ranging from actuaries and accountants to veterinarians and writers.  The data [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=1146&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Find out how much professional musicians make in Seattle!  (Probably not as much as Soulja Boy here)</media:title>
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		<title>Updates to Words of Ward</title>
		<link>http://wordsofward.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/updates-to-words-of-ward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all &#8211; You may have noticed a few tweaks to my blog.  I&#8217;ve added a bunch of social media buttons on the right side of the blog (Facebook &#8216;Like&#8217;, Twitter, sharing on Facebook, bookmarking, etc.)  So, spread my wisdom and use the sharing options! I&#8217;ve also added a quick and simple rating system (thumbs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordsofward.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4150486&amp;post=1143&amp;subd=wordsofward&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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