KAHLER FINANCIAL GROUP (KFG) SELECTED BY BLOOMBERG WEALTH MANAGER AS A TOP 500 U.S. WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIRM

(RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA – July 13, 2006) Kahler Financial Group (www.kahlerfinancialgroup.com) announced today that for the third consecutive year, Bloomberg Wealth Manager has selected KFG as one of the top 500 wealth management firms in the nation.
Bloomberg Wealth Manager ranks firms by the size of the average client's assets and ranked Kahler Financial Group as the largest financial planning firm in a seven state area. Those states include: South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Iowa.
With the addition of Minnesota, KFG is the second largest firm in the surrounding eight state area. With Kansas and Oklahoma, KFG is ranked third in a ten state area.
Bloomberg limits their listing to the 400 planning firms in the nation. When compared to the entire United States, Kahler Financial Group is 126th, up from 212th last year.
Additionally, KFG is the largest or second largest financial planning firm in over 50% of 26 of the United States.
Bloomberg Wealth Manager is, according to its website: “[Bloomberg is] the leading global provider of data, news and analytics. The BLOOMBERG TERMINAL and Bloomberg's media services provide real-time and archived financial and market data, pricing, trading, news and communications tools in a single, integrated package to corporations, news organizations, financial and legal professionals and individuals around the world. http://wealth.bloomberg.com/”.
Kahler Financial Group (KFG) is owned, managed, and operated by Rick Kahler, CFP, ChFC, CCIM. Mr. Kahler is President of Kahler Financial Group and Prudential Kahler Realtors and one of the first fee-only financial planners in South Dakota. Bloomberg Wealth Manager Magazine (Aug 2006) recognized Kahler Financial Group as the largest wealth manager in the seven state area that includes: Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Iowa. Kahler was also appointed to manage the State of South Dakota’s six-billion dollar retirement portfolio from 1998-2003. For further information or to reach Kahler Financial Group, the telephone number is 605-343-1400. Mr. Kahler can be contacted through e-mail at rick@rickkahler.com. The website address of the firm is www.kahlerfinancialgroup.com and the website address of his (web)blog Financial Awakenings is www.financialawakenings.com.