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.
5 things new grads should do when they get their first paycheck
By Allan EberhartMany millennials need help taking advantage of retirement benefits and paying down bad debt.
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.
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.