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Now Available...Video Replay of the 2010 Economic Forecast Breakfast

Brian Wesbury & Dr. Robert Lang

Allen & Company is pleased to provide podcasts of the Dollars & Sense Radio Show for personal use on multimedia audio devices. The Dollars & Sense Radio Show, sponsored by Allen & Company, can be heard live on WLKF’s TALK1430 on your AM dial Wednesday afternoons from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST.  The show is a financial issue driven live talk show hosted by CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM Laura Hawley, featuring national and local guests.  For more information on any of the topics or guests featured on Dollars & Sense, please e-mail us at dollarsandsense@alleninvestments.com.

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May 19, 2010- Investing 101- Download Here
With all of the uncertainty out there surrounding the market as well as the economy you may be thinking to yourself should I be investing? Is now still a good time? Is it truly a buyer’s market? The co-host this week, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER Kurt Elmhorst and host Laura Hawley will be grappling these questions as they discuss investing 101.

May 5, 2010 - Influence - Download Here
Did you know that Fortune 500 companies with more women board members report a 50% better return on equity?... Or that last year 72% of high school valedictorians were women?... What this all has in common is that women are making a more dramatic shift from economic survival to independence and influence. Joining us to discuss this shift is Maddy Dychtwald author of the new book Influence: How Women’s Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better. You can find out more about the author or purchase her book at the following website http://www.maddydychtwald.com/

April 28, 2010 - Insurance - Download Here
Is your age sneaking up on you? Have you looked in the mirror lately and thought about your life insurance? Probably not. In this economic climate, we often focus our attention on our portfolio, our mortgage payments, or our job stability. Unfortunately this can lead us to overlook just as important but less time pressing matters such as life insurance. Maybe you are in your twenties and single, in your mid thirties with children, or nearing retirement… it is never too early to be thinking about life insurance.

April 21, 2010 - Finding Your Entrepreneurial Spirit - Download Here
Did you know that in the United States there are roughly 650,000 new businesses started each year?... Also, you may not know that of these new businesses 85% of them are likely to fail within their first year. Although these statistics are quite scary there is hope on the horizon according to today’s guest, Daryl Erdman author of Scar Tissue: Lessons from the World of Entrepreneurship. In Daryl’s new book he looks at the 24 most common mistakes that new businesses make.

April 14, 2010 - Burkenroad Reports - Download Here
On this edition of Dollars and Sense we will be welcoming back to the program, Peter Riccchitui, assistant dean at the Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. Peter is the founder of the Burkenroad Reports, which is an investment research program at Tulane University. Peter leads a team of more than 200 University business students in search of undervalued and overlooked stocks in the southern region. He will be here today to discuss his team’s findings and what the outlook is shaping up to be.

23rd Annual Economic Forecast Breakfast (3 Parts) - Introduction, Dr. Lang, Wesbury
Allen & Company and The Lakeland Chamber of Commerce are proud to welcome renowned economist Brian Wesbury and Executive Director of Brookings Mountain West Dr. Robert Lang to the 2010 Economic Forecast Breakfast at The Lakeland Center. Hear Brian and Dr. Lang shed light on the past year and what may be to come in 2010 on both a national and local scope.

22nd Annual Economic Forecast Breakfast (3 Parts) - Villamil, Wesbury, Q&A
Allen & Company and The Lakeland Chamber of Commerce are proud to welcome renowned economist Brian Wesbury and Dr. J. Antonio "Tony" Villamil to the 22nd Annual Economic Forecast Breakfast at The Lakeland Center. Hear Brian and Tony shed light on the 2008 and what may be to come in 2009 on both a national and local scope. Don't miss this one!