Projects Authored
Contributing-author projects

  •  The Encyclopedia of Personal Finance (2000-present)

     An interactive CD compendium of financial and investing knowledge,
     including articles, tutorials, quiz questions, and calculators.

     
Precision Information, LLC
     Available at  www.educatedinvestor.com.

  •  The Rating Game (2000)

      A statistical analysis of the "average" American.
     
Facts That Matter, Inc.

  •  Policy and Procedure Manual, Open Arms, Inc. (1994)

     Manual for social service organization in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
     Open Arms, Inc.


Authored tutorials

for The Encyclopedia of Personal Finance

     Advantages of Mutual Funds
     An Introduction to Initial Public Offerings
     Asset Allocation: Creating a Portfolio
     Brokers, Specialists, and Market Makers
     Commissions
     Comparison of Common Stock and Preferred Stock
     Conservative Mutual Funds
     Corporate Bond Mutual Funds
     Dollar Cost Averaging
     Earnings from Mutual Funds
     Front-End Loads vs. Back-End Loads
     Government Bond Mutual Funds
     Growth Mutual Funds
     Income Funds
     Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
     Introduction to 401(k) Plans
     Introduction to 403(b) Plans
     Introduction to Bond Features
     Introduction to Bond Funds
     Introduction to Bond Terminology
     Introduction to Certificates of Deposit (CDs)
     Introduction to Debt Securities
     Introduction to Government Bonds
     Introduction to Growth and Income Funds
     Introduction to Index Funds
     Introduction to Margin
     Introduction to Money Market Funds
     Introduction to Money Market Securities
     Introduction to Municipal Bonds
     Introduction to Mutual Fund Prospectuses
     Introduction to Mutual Fund Terminology
     Introduction to Mutual Funds
     Introduction to Treasury Bills
     Investing for Income
     IRA Deductions
     IRA Distributions
     Load and No-Load Funds
     Money Market Deposit Accounts
     Municipal Bond Funds
     Mutual Fund Choices
     Mutual Fund Expenses
     Mutual Fund Sales Loads
     Negotiable Certificates of Deposit
     Net Asset Value
     Organization and Management of Mutual Funds
     Overview of Investment Options
     Revenue Bonds
     Secured and Unsecured Bonds
     Small and Medium Savings CDs
     Small, Mid, and Large-Cap Stocks
     Socially Responsible Investing
     Special Types of Individual Retirement Accounts
     Stockholder Rights and Privileges
     Taxable Equivalent Yield
     Taxes in Mutual Funds
     The Language of Retirement Planning
     The Roth IRA
     Types of Investment Risk
     Types of Mutual Funds
     Types of Preferred Stock
     Types of Stock
     Understanding Bull and Bear Markets
     What Are Stocks and the Stock Market About?

     Tutorials reprinted by Intuit, New York Life, Morningstar, Ameritrade, Investment        
     Advisor, SafeCU, Bisys, FSO Technologies, CUNA, Anchor Bank, and Bob Brinker.


Authored books and booklets

  •  115 Ways to Reduce Anxiety (2006)

           
Booklocker    
      
  •  202 Ways to Pinch Pennies Without Sacrificing Your Quality of Life (2005)

           
Mike Marcoe    

  •  50 Signs That You Have Found Your Calling in Life

          in production

  •   Between A or B: Forty New Grammar Errors of the Modern Age

          in production

  •  101 Uses for History

         in production

  •  101 Uses for Grammar

        in production


Authored articles

for The Rating Game

  •    Acne
  •    Bank Accounts
  •    Bankruptcy
  •    Catholics
  •    Computers
  •    Death
  •    Driving
  •    Exercise
  •    Eyesight
  •    Hunting and Fishing
  •    The Internet
  •    Religion
  •    Suicide


for Your Retirement Watch, Sentry Insurance

  •    Q and A: Advantages of Compound Interest (Fall 2005)
  •    Managing Risk and Your Retirement Portfolio (Fall 2005)
  •     Effects of Inflation on Investments (Winter 2006)
  •    Catch Up on Your Retirement Plan Contributions (Winter 2006)
  •     Benefits of 401(k) Plans to Employers (Winter 2006)
  •     The Benefits of Benefits (Fall 2006)
  •     Target Your Retirement with a Portfolio Designed for the Year You Retire (Win 2007)
  •      Can You Retire on Social Security? (Winter 2007)
  •      The Risks of Growing Old in America (Winter 2007)
  •      Should You Have a Target Retirement Account? (Winter 2007)
  •      Where Does Social Security Fit into My Retirement? (Winter 2007)
  •      Can You Afford to Retire? (Winter 2007)
  •      Where Will You Live in Retirement? (Winter 2007)
  •     Will You Need -- or Want -- to Work in Retirement? (Winter 2007)
  •     Tips for Choosing a Target Retirement Account (Winter 2007)
  •     The Social Security Dependency Ratio (Winter 2007)
  •    Making Target Retirement Accounts Fit Your Retirement Needs (Winter 2007)
  •      Immediate Annuities (Winter 2007)


for Dollar Stretcher, September 2004

  •       Save Like a Student, Even if You Aren't One


for Volume 1 magazine

  •       Twa Corbies (Jan 2003)
  •       Freecycle (Nov 2004)

for
The Internet Review of Books

  •     The Dismal Science: How Thinking like an Economist Undermines Community


Co-authored grant writing

for Asset Builders of America

  •  Grant application to the Ford Foundation, on behalf of the CLIMB program


Glossaries

  •   Glossary of investment terminology, for the Encyclopedia of Personal Finance (2000)
  •   Glossary of investment terminology, for Investor Glossary (2006)


Fiction stories

  •  Cheerleaders

      
in Storybytes

  •  Thanksgiving

     
 in Volume 1 magazine (winner of first annual fiction contest)

  •  Green Passion

      in the Amazon Shorts program

  •  5 West

      in the Amazon Shorts program

  •  Is This Murder or What?

      in the Amazon Shorts program


Books edited

  •   Investment Management Consultants Association

           Journal of Investment Consulting, November/December 2002

  •   Capital City Press (2004-2006)

           Famous American Crimes and Trials
           Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination
           Community Preparedness and Response to Terrorism
           Childhood Lost
           Murder 101: Homicide Investigation
           Organ Donation and Transplantation: Body Organs as an Exchangeable
                Socio-Cultural Resource
           Fatal Fortune
           Caribbean Popular Music
           Our Earth's Changing Land
           The Man and His Wings: William A. Wellman and the Making of the First
               Best Picture
           Daring Wives


  •   Peter Lang Publishing Group (2005-present)

           Software and Sociality
           Politicotainment
           Black Children's Literature Got de Blues
           Emotional Intelligence

           Doing Democracy: Striving for Political Literacy and Social Justice



  •   University of Wisconsin Learning Innovations (2001-2002)

           Contemporary Moral Issues
           Introduction to Mental Health and Stress Management
           Managing the Small Business
           Business Communication
           Curriculum and Instruction—School Curriculum Design
           Instructional Strategies for the Gifted
           First Semester German
           Second Semester German
           First Semester High School Russian
           Second Semester High School Russian
           Third Semester High School Russian
           Fourth Semester High School Russian
           First Semester High School Spanish
           Second Semester High School Spanish
           Fourth Semester High School Spanish
           First Semester Spanish
           Second Semester Spanish
           Third Semester Spanish
           Fourth Semester Spanish


Fiction edited


  Over 200 fiction stories and non-fiction articles for fellow writers. Both
      substantive editing and copy editing.


  •   Ian Newman

       
Dreaming of Chaos, pub. Trafford Publishing


Quiz questions

  •   288 questions used in the Money and Finance Game, 2002, sponsored by the
        Governor's Task Force on Financial Education (Wisconsin).


Puzzles

  •   International Puzzle Features syndicate - 6 puzzles

  •   Picture Word Finds magazine - 10 puzzles