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.
At Back-to-School Time, Tips for Saving and Paying for College
By Richard Niles, J.D.Your clients already feeling the pain of paying tuition? Reminders on how to save for college and how to offset your payments with tax credits and deductions.
August 12, 2012
Paying for college: Financial aid in America, in 2 graphicsPaying for college has required much more financial aid in the last few years, and the sources of that aid have been changing as well.
August 09, 2012
PIMCO’s El-Erian: ‘Be Wary of Steepening Yield Curve’The steepening yield curve in the U.S. Treasury market should have investors worried.
August 08, 2012
Quad-A: Enticing Black Students to Become AdvisorsQuad-As focus is on trying to get historically black universities like Howard to introduce degree programs in financial planning.
August 08, 2012
A year later, S&P downgrade of U.S. looks like a dud (Washington Times)Still, one benefit of the downgrade, says Nigel Gault, chief U.S. economist at HIS Global Insight, is that it focused on the need to do something about Americas debt.
August 03, 2012
Loring Ward Helps Parents Teach Kids About MoneyHelping families teach children about finances is a way advisors can take a more comprehensive, holistic approach to wealth, instead of only focusing on investments, a Loring Ward executive says.
August 01, 2012
AIG to Buy Hartford Broker-Dealer Woodbury Financial ServicesThe agreement is expected to close by the end of 2012, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions, according to Liam E. McGee, the Hartford's chairman, president and CEO.
August 01, 2012
AIG to Buy Hartford Broker-Dealer Woodbury Financial ServicesThe agreement is expected to close by the end of 2012, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions, according to Liam E. McGee, the Hartford's chairman, president and CEO.