College Planning
Help your clients take the worry out of saving for college with news and analysis on student debt, 529 plans and other tax-efficient savings vehicles as well as the colleges and college majors that deliver the most value.
What Financial History Can Teach Advisors
By Kenneth SilberScholars Robert E. Wright and Richard Sylla probe Big Finance's past.
April 30, 2015
Senate Finance Passes 529 Reform BillThe bipartisan bill modernizes the treatment of 529 plans in three ways.
April 29, 2015
Middle-class families shrink their college fund contributionsFewer parents are finding the money to save for their kids' college.
April 29, 2015
Middle-class families shrink their college fund contributionsFewer parents are finding the money to save for their kids' college.
April 29, 2015
World’s most indebted households paying creditors at record paceDanish households, who carry the biggest gross debt loads of any population in the rich world, look to have turned a corner.
April 28, 2015
529 College Plan Bill to Be Debated in Senate CommitteeThe bill is intended to "modernize" 529 plans and would designate computers as a qualified expense, among other provisions.
April 23, 2015
AIG bailout trial judge questions U.S. over taking equityGreenbergs Starr International Co. contends the terms of the initial $85B rescue loan illegally gave the government an 80% equity stake in the insurer.
April 23, 2015
AIG bailout trial judge questions U.S. over taking equityGreenbergs Starr International Co. contends the terms of the initial $85B rescue loan illegally gave the government an 80% equity stake in the insurer.