Generous grandparents seek formal plans for college funding
By Staff WriterMost grandparents, although ready and able to help with their grandchildren's college fund, have not been able to formulate a concrete plan with their children...
September 08, 2008
15 check-offs for pre-retireesFor a Web site that spent two years researching the 50-plus market before it even launched, we had confidence www.preretirementlife.com considered all factors of pre-retiree...
September 08, 2008
A generational thing?Illicit drug use has shot up (no pun intended) 116 percent during the past five years for Americans ages 55 to 59, according to the...
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Change for the better?Does last week's revelation that the economy grew 3.3 percent in the second quarter make you feel confident that the worst is behind us? Or...
September 03, 2008
Study shows defined-benefit pension could be retirement lifesaverHouseholds with both a defined-benefit pension plan and Social Security with savings are less likely to outlive their savings than households without a defined-benefit pension....
September 03, 2008
Revenge of the (Harvard) nerdsI catch a lot of flack for reading Harvard Business Review. "Egghead academics with no real-world business experience telling you how to deal with a pain-in-the-a**...
September 01, 2008
The top 10 direct-sold plans ranked by three-year performance, for the period ended March 31, 2008:Nebraska: College Savings Plan of Nebraska Rhode Island: CollegeBoundfund (Alternative R) Indiana: CollegeChoice 529 Investment Plan Vermont: Vermont Higher Education Investment Plan Louisiana: START...
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