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.
Student loan debt seriously hurting retirement dreams
By LIMRAPre-retirees (55-64) and retirees (65-74) are carrying an unprecedented -- and quite terrifying -- amount of student loan debt.
May 19, 2015
These four charts show banks could lend more aggressively to millennialsTo lenders, millennials are like ugly-looking fruit: They may appear suspect, but on the inside they're just as good a bet as the next apple.
May 19, 2015
How Dave Ramsey's bad math leads to bad adviceA case study illustrates a simple truth: Sometimes debt is good.
May 15, 2015
SEC, FINRA Enforcement: Father, Son Used Golf Emails to Hide Insider TradingMeanwhile, the SEC charged for-profit education company ITT Educational Services with fraud.
May 06, 2015
Good news on college costs: Student loan rates to drop soonThe expected reset would mean a college student with the average $28,000 in federal loans could save about $1,400 over 10 years.
May 04, 2015
Evaluating Young Financial PlannersEarlier this spring, I visited four CFP Board-registered university programs to ensure we are sourcing the best available talent for the firms we represent.
May 01, 2015
SEC Investigates Bank of America for Doing NothingIf you make it too obvious that your transaction is about getting around rules, that's the sort of thing that the SEC doesn't like.
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.