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Contributing-author projects
An interactive CD compendium of financial and investing knowledge,
including articles, tutorials, quiz questions, and calculators.
for Precision Information, LLC
A statistical analysis of the "average" American.
for Facts That Matter, Inc.
Manual for social service organization in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
for Open Arms, Inc.
Authored tutorials
for The Encyclopedia of Personal Finance
Tutorials reprinted by Educated Investor University, Intuit, New York Life,
Morningstar, Ameritrade, Investment Advisor, SafeCU, Bisys, FSO
Technologies, CUNA, Anchor Bank, and Bob Brinker.
Authored books and booklets
Authored articles
for The Rating Game
for Your Retirement Watch, Sentry Insurance
for Dollar Stretcher, September 2004
for Volume 1 magazine
for The Internet Review of Books
for eHow
Co-authored grant writing
for Asset Builders of America
Glossaries
Fiction stories
Books edited
Journal of Investment Consulting, November/December 2002
Famous American Crimes and Trials
Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination
Fiction edited
Quiz questions
Puzzles
- The Encyclopedia of Personal Finance (2000-present)
An interactive CD compendium of financial and investing knowledge,
including articles, tutorials, quiz questions, and calculators.
for Precision Information, LLC
- The Rating Game (2000)
A statistical analysis of the "average" American.
for Facts That Matter, Inc.
- Policy and Procedure Manual, Open Arms, Inc. (1994)
Manual for social service organization in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
for 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
- Automatic Investing Plans
- Brokers, Specialists, and Market Makers
- Building an Emergency Fund
- 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 457 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 Educated Investor University, 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)
- 202 Ways to Pinch Pennies Without Sacrificing Your Quality of Life
(2005)
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
- Busted by Edmund L. Andrews (June 2009)
- Free Market Madness by Peter Ubel (April 2009)
- Good Value by Stephen Green (June 2010)
- Natural Experiments of History by Jared Diamond and James A.
Robinson (February 2010) - New American Economy, The by Bruce Bartlett (December 2009)
- Postville, U.S.A. by Mark A. Grey, Michele Devlin and Aaron Goldsmith
(September 2009) - Taking the Sea by Dennis M. Powers (March 2009)
- Tales of the Seven Seas by Dennis M. Powers (April 2010)
- The Challenge for Africa by Wangari Maathai (August 2009)
- The Dismal Science by Stephen A. Marglin (May 2008)
- The Murder of Lehman Brothers by Joseph Tibman (January 2010)
- Voodoo Histories by David Aaronovitch (May 2010)
- America the Prisoner by Lewis Reynolds (Ocrober 2010)
for eHow
- How to Ferment Kohlrabi
- How to Save Money with an Automatic Savings Plan
- How to Avoid Penalties on an Individual Retirement Account
- How to Set Up an Automatic Savings or Investment Plan
- How to Invest with an Automatic Investing Plan
- How to Make Oregano Pesto
- How to Make Sage Pesto
- How to Make Rosemary Pesto
- How to Set Up an Automatic Investment Plan for Your Retirement
- How to Eat Wild Garlic Mustard
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
- Thanksgiving
- Green Passion
- 5 West
- Is This Murder or What?
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 (2005-2009)
- Software and Sociality
Politicotainment
Black Children's Literature Got de Blues
Emotional Intelligence
Doing Democracy: Striving for Political Literacy and Social Justice
Terrorism and the Press: An Uneasy Relationship
Sports Rhetoric
- 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
- Internet Writing Workshop: Over 200 fiction stories and non-fiction
articles for fellow writers. Both substantive editing and copy editing. - Ian Newman: Dreaming of Chaos, pub. Trafford Publishin
- Fern Harper Wright (dec.): Fern's Fronds: Poems to Live By, pub.
Western Star Publishing - Constance Lang: The Drawings of Henry Fromm
Quiz questions
- 288 questions used in the Money and Finance Game, 2002, sponsored
by the Governor's Task Force on Financial Education (Wisconsin). - 200+ additional quiz questions for the Encyclopedia of Personal
Finance. - Quizzes for Quizland.
Puzzles
- International Puzzle Features syndicate - 6 puzzles
- Picture Word Finds magazine - 10 puzzles