Topic: Rick Kahler

Amid the specter of skyrocketing health care costs, many financial advisers are scrambling to hone their accuracy at predicting what their clients...
What's the worst financial advice you've ever got? We posed this question to a group of average Americans and heard a variety of colorful responses...

Chatzky: To retire together, plan now

When you envision your retirement, what does it look like? Are you playing golf? Traveling the world? Sitting in a recliner watching the umpteenth...
Dear New Frugal You, My husband and I have paid off our credit cards and are trying to repair the damage we have done to our credit scores. I read...
There are Internet message boards that talk about all sorts of things. No, I don't mean which stocks to buy, but how their money biographies or scripts (as friend, Rick Kahler and Brad and Ted Klontz have termed it) have impacted ...

Habit rehab

"We learn ways of handling money from our parents," says Rick Kahler, a certified financial planner in Rapid City, South Dakota. " Kahler and Dave Jetson, a therapist who also practices in Rapid City, helped three women with serious budget issues rewrite their ...

Money Messages

My daughter Maggie, 10, and I were walking down the sidewalk. My daughter Lucy, 7, and I were buying a newspaper at a sidewalk kiosk. Maggie looked distressed and said, "Do we have enough money for food? Not only were my kids ...
has been a ratings bonanza. However, parents may need to split unreimbursed medical expenses or out-of-pocket costs, depending on their income, says Daniel Clement, a family law and matrimonial attorney with offices in New York and New Jersey.. ) The argument on each ...

Emergency cash

Suppose you've followed our common-sense advice about saving money for a rainy day and have an easy-to-access emergency fund that can cover your expenses for three to six months. "Regrettably, I often tell my clients the first place to go is ...