College Planning
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Doomsayers Wrong on Last Year’s Debt Downgrade
By John SullivanWarnings last August of an unprecedented financial crisis accompanied by fire and brimstone appear to have been wrong.
July 05, 2012
Floating Rate Loan Funds: Not What They Were, Yet...Anyone looking to floating rate loan funds today for inflation protection should be a bit wary.
June 30, 2012
Stop multitasking!Is it better to focus time and energy on one project to generate leads and new business? Or will you see more results by dividing your time and energy among 10 different projects to enhance your marketing?
June 29, 2012
PIMCO’s Gross Bearish on Europe After Relief PlanBill Gross said a debt trap remains even after European leaders reached an agreement intended to alleviate concern that the regions banks will fail.
June 28, 2012
Student Loan Rate Hike Averted in Highway Bill CompromiseA bipartisan agreement was reached late Wednesday on a federal highway bill that includes provisions to prevent student loan rates from doubling and makes adjustments to defined benefit funding requirements.
June 27, 2012
Voter DiscontentSeveral recent elections in Europe were seen as a referendum on fiscal austerity (and fiscal discipline) and their results were presented as a mood shift in favor of more government spending and economic stimulus.
June 27, 2012
Pension Benefit Deal Looms in CongressAn adjustment to defined benefit funding requirements sought by industry is part of the mix as Congress works on legislation that would both reauthorize highway funding programs and freeze student-loan interest rates.
June 27, 2012
Pension Benefit Deal Looms in CongressAn adjustment to defined benefit funding requirements sought by industry is part of the mix as Congress works on legislation that would both reauthorize highway funding programs and freeze student-loan interest rates.