At a college workshop that I conducted recently in San Diego, I asked the dozens of parents in attendance to guess what percentage of high school seniors...
When families start looking to pay for college, some put their hopes in private scholarships – there are an estimated 1.5 million private scholarships out there, though how many are awarded annually is difficult to track. But only in a handful of cases will these make much of a dent in a tuition bill. If your client insists on seeking them out, here are five things they should know:...
Roughly two-thirds of college students borrow money for college. The average college graduate leaves school with about $25,000 worth of debt.
Is $25,000 a reasonable amount of student loans? It really depends on where students are turning for money.
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It wasn't tainted research. It wasn't late trading. It wasn't even good for a lot of headlines. But it was another ugly moment for investment advisors...
For the little commissions they generate, 529 plans have required quite a lot of effort on the part of financial advisors. When the business got started...
Investments in 529 plans are not as popular as they could be and that's saying something because they are pretty popular right now. They are, in fact,...
When qualified college savings accounts burst on the scene in the late 1990s, the initial growth exceeded most expectations. Assets in state-sponsored...
To virtually no one's surprise, regulators have begun scrutinizing how 529 plans are peddled. In December, the SEC and NASD sent a letter of inquiry to...
College savings plans are getting the hairy eyeball from regulators: It's one of those things that was so easy to predict, it could hardly have surprised...
If saving for college were a race, it'd be a marathon, and even those 26-mile races culminate in a hard push for the finish line. So it is that college...
The military genius Sun Tzu said, Every battle is won before it is ever fought. I'm not sure how many kids Sun and the missus sent off to State U., but...
Saving for college is simple if a financial advisor is possessed of a Kreskin-like ability to predict the future of the tax code, financial aid programs...
If personal finance were an orchestra, there would be little doubt what would occupy the first chair in the College Savings section. The 529 savings plan...
Just when you thought the news couldn't possibly get worse, it has. Both the NASD and the SEC have revealed they are separately investigating yet another...
If you're an advocate of states' the 529 college savings plan is the investment choice for you. Started by Congress in 1996 and named after the section...
The longer you are in the business of providing financial advice, the more likely you will get this call: A favorite middle-aged client rings you up and...
Within 15 minutes of my daughter Ellie's birth, I not only opened an UTMA investment account for her; I also planned out where she would attend college...
In a market pummeled by accounting scandals, tainted research and economic malaise where even mutual funds are fizzling it makes sense to look for something...
According to the results of Alliance Capital's fifth annual College Financial Preparedness Poll, the majority of investors still do not know about or...
Think of Upromise and BabyMint as frequent flyer programs for college. Instead of accumulating miles, however, members ring up contributions toward a...
More than half of American families who plan to send their children to college have not started saving to pay for it and are unaware of new tax-advantaged...
New Page 1 WORRIED ABOUT PAYING FOR YOUR CHILD’S COLLEGE? PRIMEDIA’s Registered Rep Tells Financial Advisors All They Need to Know About 529s; The College...
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