Edelman's 'The Truth about Money' airs nationally on public television

Nationally renowned financial advisor, author and award-wining talk show host Ric Edelman is bringing his unique blend of financial savvy and entertainment to public television viewers across the country.

In a series of 26 half-hour episodes entitled "The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman," Edelman is educating and entertaining public television viewers about personal finance issues, including investing, retirement, financing a college education, mortgages and providing support to both aging parents and struggling adult children.

Ranked as America's top independent financial advisor for the past two years by Barron's, a weekly investment publication of The Wall Street Journal, Edelman is chairman and CEO of Edelman Financial Services, LLC. He's also a New York Times best-selling author of seven books on personal finance.

Locally, "The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman" is airing several times a day on New Jersey's PBS network.

A 1980 alumnus of Rowan University (then Glassboro State College), Edelman received an honorary doctorate from the University in 1999. He was inducted into the Rowan's Public Relations Student Society of America Hall of Fame in 2007.

Edelman and his wife, Jean, a member of Rowan's Board of Trustees and a 1981 alumna, are staunch supporters of the University. Rowan's planetarium is named in their honor.

On his show, Edelman reveals how 20 years of research in human psychology and neuroeconomics can help viewers improve their ability to save and invest. His guests on the series include everyone from celebrity divorce lawyer Raoul Felder to CNBC finan­cial host Maria Bartiromo to Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan to hip-hop mogul Rus­sell Sim­mons.

"Our brains are hard-wired in a way that causes us to make bad financial decisions," he says. "TV audiences quickly learn how to stop making common errors and begin to make better financial decisions about everything from buying cars to handling credit cards and choosing investments."

For information, visit www.truthaboutmoneytv.com.

According to Russ Hodge, executive producer of the series, "The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman" helps viewers avoid the daily "up and down" market coverage of the cable news networks, and provides viewers with a roadmap to help them reach their long-term financial goals.

"In these rollicking economic times, it's especially important to offer viewers solid monetary guidance from America's top personal financial advisor, who has the added bonus of being a master communicator," Hodge says.

"The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman" is produced by 3 Roads Communications, Inc., an Emmy Award-wining company with a long, distinguished history of supplying top-notch programming on public television.

Underwritten by TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, the series is being distributed by American Public Television to public television stations nationwide.

Edelman has providing financial advice to consumers for 25 years. In 2004, he was inducted into Research Magazine's Advisor Hall of Fame. His radio show, "The Truth About Money," airs in 36 major radio markets around the country, including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Baltimore, Miami, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

A sought-after speaker and TV personality, Edelman's books include the newly updated and expanded fourth edition of his personal finance classic, The Truth About Money, as well as Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth; The New Rules of Money; Discover the Wealth Within You; What You Need to Do Now; The Lies About Money; and Rescue Your Money.