About SWI: SmartWomenInvest.com is the brainchild of Ted DeCorte, husband, father, businessman, writer, composer, educator, historian, and eclectic "Renaissance Man". Ted is SWI's Editor and Founder. Since graduating from Arizona State University with a B.S. degree and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with a M.A., Ted has served in a variety of positions, including college and high school social studies teacher, high school administrator, public speaker, U.S. House of Representives congressional aide, real estate, banking & insurance executive, and charity fundraiser. Since 1991, Ted has served as vice president of a Nevada-based dental HMO, as well as officer for DeCorte & Associates, Inc., and founded the Namaste' Foundation, a non-profit organization to foster educational growth through spiritual avenues. He sits on the board for his church, the Clark County Association of Health Underwriters, and the Center for Creative Therapeutic Arts.

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SWI welcomes your articles and anecdotes. SWI Contributors come from all walks of life and experience. SWI offers a forum to a variety of professionals who wish to contribute and share their experience and wisdom on a variety of topics. Please feel free to email your writings or submit your website address to SWI's Editor-in-Chief, Ted DeCorte. We look forward to "hearing" from you. Namaste'

SWI's Money Editor: Born in London, England, and reared in southern California's San Fernando Valley, Christine DeCorte, is a financial & insurance planner, and President of DeCorte & Associates, Inc. She is also affiliated with Integrated Trading & Investments, Inc., a member of NASD/SIPC. Christine is the mother, as she proudly states, of two "A-Honor Roll" students, has served as president of the Las Vegas Chapter of National Association of Professional Saleswomen, and as an officer for her church board. She has successfully balanced her career and home responsibilities, and believes strongly that Smart Women Finish Rich.