Student Loan Debt
How advisors can help clients understand the burden of student loan debt and the best ways to reduce, eliminate or manage the debt load.
Understanding the squeeze on millennials
By Noah SmithDid rich countries like the U.S. betray the millennial generation?
March 16, 2016
No, Subprime Auto Loans Are Not Like Subprime MortgagesIt can take three years for a foreclosure to be completed. If you default on a car loan, the repo man might show up in three hours.
March 11, 2016
Stop bashing Wall Street. Times have changed.Financial firms are doing more to help consumers, business and industry in America than they have in decades.
March 10, 2016
El-Erian: Uncontrolled Volatility Ahead as Central Banks WitherMohamed El-Erian sees a dysfunctional global economy where central banks, other than the Fed, are becoming less effective.
March 01, 2016
Crowdfunding and Peer Lending: Time to Swim With the Sharks?Clients are showing interest in nontraditional funding techniques; advisors can help them understand the risks and benefits.
February 24, 2016
Debt of Older Americans Surges: New York FedDebt among older Americans more than doubled between 2003 and 2015, even as it shrunk among younger people, a New York Fed report shows.
February 22, 2016
Goldman Says 40% of Its Lending to Oil and Gas Firms Is JunkGoldman Sachs has $1.5 billion in loans to energy companies rated below investment grade and $2.7 billion in unfunded commitments.
February 22, 2016
Fear and loathing of negative-yield debt: Bond trader’s dilemmaIn Japan, almost two-thirds of government debt securities have negative yields.