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DENNIS SMITH Dennis Smith is the founding editor of Firehouse Magazine and the best selling author of Report From Engine Co. 82 and other books. He has completed the federal Series 7, Series 63 and Series 65 exams and is a licensed financial advisor. Dennis Smith will be providing some financial insight beginning with the January issue of Firehouse Magazine, as well as authoring regular on-line commentary for Firehouse.com.

• December 2001

The Economy After Sept. 11
While the firefighters and police continue their heroic work at Ground Zero, once again I have asked my good friend, Jack Mayberry, to write this column for me.

• November 2001

What’s Ahead For The Economy And Our Personal Portfolios?
Since Sept. 11, I have been working with the New York City firefighters every day. I do whatever I can at the site of the World Trade Center.

• October 2001

Managing Money In Tough Times
I advised a few columns back that the market would have ups and downs in the summer and that there would be good buying opportunities during this time.

• September 2001

Democratizing Your Money Management: Pyramid Or Pancake?
For a long time, I have resented that well-studied and strategic financial advice is better and more comprehensively offered to the rich than it is to working Americans.

• August 2001

Save Now & Pay Later: Heres Why
Many of us think that because we have put money into our pensions, IRAs and 401(k) plans that we are sufficiently saving for our future.

• July 2001

What You Dont See Can Hurt You
I have just returned from a five-alarm fire in an art school I helped to create some years ago.

• May 2001

On-Line Investing: Blessing Or Curse?
April is the cruelest month,” as the poet said. And as I write this, the NASDAQ is down where it was three years ago.

• April 2001

The Technology Hope Vs. A Prudent Plan
If you were invested in technology stocks over the past year, you are now probably singing the blues.

• Special Edition

Mr. Greenspan, You Are Hurting The People Who Could Save Your Life
I have many friends and former co-workers who are firefighters and police officers, and until recently they have been delighted with the returns of their IRAs and 401Ks.

• March 2001

Why Aren't We Saving?
One of my fondest memories of the firehouse I worked in was of the firefighters studying for promotion.

• February 2001

Protecting Your Wallet, Your Credit and Your Good Name
Last month, I advised that a possible recession was looming before us, and though our economic future remains uncertain, it does appear that the economy is in a downward spiral.

• January 2001

Recession? What Does It Mean? What Do I Do?
Many of my friends who think of me as a best-selling writer are surprised to learn that I have successfully completed the federal exams to be a licensed financial advisor.