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	<description>The Old Ideas on Saving &#38; Investing Don't Work -- Here's What Does</description>
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		<title>Podcast #9 &#8212; The True Bogleheads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve added Podcast #9 to the &#8220;RobCasts&#8221; section of the site. This one is entitled The True Bogleheads.
I&#8217;m a Boglehead!
It&#8217;s true! It&#8217;s true!
I don&#8217;t care what some may say, Valuation-Informed Indexing is here to stay!
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		<link>http://arichlife.passionsaving.com/2008/08/27/podcast-9-the-true-bogleheads/</link>
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		<title>Podcast #8 &#8212; The Coming Revolution in Investing Advice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve added Podcast #8 to the &#8220;RobCasts&#8221; section of the site. This one is called The Coming Revolution in Investing Advice.
In this one I tell the story about the investing researchers who did not raise their hands when asked at a conference if they believed in the Efficient Market Theory but then did raise their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arichlife.passionsaving.com/2008/08/26/podcast-8-the-coming-revolution-in-investing-advice/</link>
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		<title>Buzz Updates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1) I post a Letter to the Editor at the www.Early-Retirement-Planning-Insights.com site entitled Article on Capitalization-Weighted Stock/Bond Allocations. I say: “Cash is not the same thing as stocks or bonds. Cash has economic value. It should be included in the mix.”
2) I post a Letter to the Editor at the www.Early-Retirement-Planning-Insights.com site entitled P/E10 Predictions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arichlife.passionsaving.com/2008/08/25/buzz-updates-9/</link>
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		<title>Podcast #7 &#8212; I Know More About Investingthan John Bogle (and You Can Too!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve added Podcast #7 to the &#8220;RobCasts&#8221; sectionn of the site. This one is entitled I Know More About Investing than John Bogle (and You Can Too!)
Today&#8217;s Passion: The Podcast makes reference to the time when I announced plans to attend a meeting of the Vanguard Diehards at which I would have been able to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arichlife.passionsaving.com/2008/08/22/podcast-7-i-know-more-about-investingthan-john-bogle-and-you-can-too/</link>
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		<title>Podcast #6 &#8212; Rob Bennett, the Reluctant Investing &#8220;Expert&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve added Podcast #6 to the &#8220;RobCasts&#8221; section of the site. This one is entitled Rob Bennett, the Reluctant Investing &#8220;Expert.&#8221;
Today&#8217;s Passion: My favorite movie is The Graduate. Even back then I could see that the percentage bet was getting into plastics.
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		<link>http://arichlife.passionsaving.com/2008/08/21/podcast-6-rob-bennett-the-reluctant-investing-expert-2/</link>
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		<title>My E-Mail to Michael Kitces, Director of Financial Planning at Pinnacle Advisory Group, Inc.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My blog entry for last Thursday reported on recent research by Michael Kitces, Director of Financial Planning at Pinnacle Advisory Group, Inc., showing quite properly that valuations affect safe withdrawal rates (SWRs) in an upward direction but failing to report that valuations affect SWRs in a downward direction as well. Set forth below is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arichlife.passionsaving.com/2008/08/19/my-e-mail-to-michael-kitces-director-of-financial-planning-at-pinnacle-advisory-group-inc/</link>
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		<title>Podcast #5 &#8212; The Great Safe Withdrawal Rate Debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve posted Pocast #5 to the &#8220;RobCasts&#8221; section of the site. It is entitled The Great Safe Withdrawal Rate Debate.
Today&#8217;s Passion: Most investors are interested in learning about the realities of stock investing, if you go by the comments from the early days of our discussions set forward in an article entitled Community Comments on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arichlife.passionsaving.com/2008/08/15/podcast-5-the-great-safe-withdrawal-rate-debate/</link>
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		<title>New SWR Study Counts Valuations &#8212; But Only In One Direction!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Week ran an article in its recent Annual Retirement Guide issue arguing that the Old School safe-withdrawal-rate studies get the numbers all wrong &#8212; they are too pessimistic! Holy moly!
Juicy Excerpt: One expert now questioning this conventional wisdom is Michael Kitces, 30, director of financial planning for Pinnacle Advisory Group in Columbia, Md. Kitces was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arichlife.passionsaving.com/2008/08/14/new-swr-study-counts-valuations-but-only-in-one-direction/</link>
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		<title>Is Stock Investing Safe Again?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent thread at the Lindauerheads board sets forth evidence that stocks are approaching fair-value price levels, according to the Tobin&#8217;s Q valuation assessment tool. Is stock investing safe again?
I say &#8220;no.&#8221; But we&#8217;re getting there.
Tobin&#8217;s Q is a valuations assessment tool with a sound theoretical basis and a good track record. I view the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arichlife.passionsaving.com/2008/08/13/is-stock-investing-safe-again/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;d Be the Growlingest Bear on the Internet If Only I Were a Bear (Words Only, No Music)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote a guest blog entry at the Shark Investor blog entitled I&#8217;d Be the Growlingest Bear on the Internet if Only I Were a Bear.
Juicy Excerpt: I’m a reporter. I report things. That’s how I’ve made my living for a long time. Never have I seen such an emotional reaction to anything I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arichlife.passionsaving.com/2008/08/12/id-be-the-growlingest-bear-on-the-internet-if-only-i-were-a-bear-lyrics-only-no-music/</link>
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