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Stock Market Insights: Tariffs' impact on market volatility
Wall Street’s fear gauge, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), an options-based indicator, suddenly spiked to 24, up from this year's low of 14

Dr. Richard Baker
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Dave Says: Determination and hard work
Truth be told, the vast majority of things you see online and in late-night infomercial presentations are scams.

Dave Ramsey
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Reflections: Slow down and think
Sometimes a Proverb seems particularly appropriate for my frame of mind or something I’m going through—or a whole series of somethings....

Cynthia J. Thomas
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Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: Slaughter!
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is a partner in the slaughter. The MDC gets hundreds of thousands of dollars from USDA to carry out....

Larry Dablemont
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Which am I?
There came a time when I was a young adult that my parents moved away and I moved into the home I had grown up in.

Tiffany Gravett
2 min read
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Doolittle delivers Roosevelt’s message [part 2 of 3]
Emperor Hirohito and Army Commanding General Tojo had promised the Japanese people an assault on mainland Japan was impossible.

Bob Ford
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Dave Says: Preparing for the future
Dear Dave, I’ve been listening to your show, and following the Baby Steps, for about a year. But I received some news from a family...

Dave Ramsey
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Been Thinkin’ About…Underworld gains
There are no trophies. No suburban dad stories of the glory days, although I still smile when I remember outrunning the town's basketball ..

Joshua Heston
4 min read
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For everything America stands for, we must attack! [Part 1 of 3]
There was disbelief in Washington D.C., too, as President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed war on Japan the day after the attack...

Bob Ford
4 min read
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Stock Market Insights: Emerging opportunities in international stocks
U.S. stocks are big and have a great track record, but they are expensive when you compare the S&P 500 valuations...

Dr. Richard Baker
3 min read
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Memories from the Homestead: Remembering the Old Branson School
The school site was a part of the Henry Berry homestead, as he ave the acre of land to the Branson school board.

John Fullerton
3 min read
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Reflections: The fool says what?
A recent venture into the wisdom of Proverbs landed me in chapter 26, which opens with several statements about fools and how fools...

Cynthia J. Thomas
2 min read
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Reader’s Corner: Paddington Bear
Britain was known as a welcoming refuge for suffering people, but still, what a sight this must have been for onlookers in London!

Cynthia J. Thomas
2 min read
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Yester Year’s Echoes: The Branson does not own the name ‘Branson’ Election
At the May 29 meeting of the AE Board of Aldermen, they voted unanimously to rescind the current program, which the BE Board initiated...

Gary J. Groman
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Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: Browns on the White…
They feed ravenously after the spawning period, as do the rainbows. Trouble is, it is difficult to catch big rainbow trout from the White...

Larry Dablemont
4 min read
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Been Thinkin' About…The town with many doors
The river ice has broken up, white knife edges crushing together against the silt, framing the dark river island trees, smooth maples...

Joshua Heston
3 min read
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Memories from the Homestead: Wright's ministry found him
Stressed by the entire experience after almost two years, Wright began to have doubts if he should get involved in the ministry at all.

John Fullerton
3 min read
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Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: Lane Davis, an excerpt from the book: ‘Life and Times of the Pool Hall Kid’
I was 13 in the summer of ‘61, a troubled youngster who hated school, rich people, teachers and most all of the kids I went to school with.

Larry Dablemont
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The ‘Branson Promise’ is the key to Branson's future success
Over two decades ago, Branson developed a document called the "Branson Promise." It does two things. It provides our visitors with...

Gary J. Groman
2 min read
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Dave Ramsey’s EntreLeadership: Take time to get involved
Dave, I’ve run my own small business for about five years. So far, we’re doing pretty well. At this point, I’d like to find ways for my...

Dave Ramsey
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