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.
Pension Benefit Deal Looms in Congress
By Arthur D. PostalAn 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
Discord Rules Before EU SummitTempers are flaring in the run-up to the 20th EU summit since the onset of the eurozone debt crisis.
June 26, 2012
Spanish Banks Downgraded as Cyprus Seeks BailoutThe troubled eurozone continued to experience turmoil as Moodys downgraded 28 Spanish banks and Cyprus requested a bailout that could amount to more than half its economy.
June 20, 2012
The Logic of EurobondsEver wonder why our nations capital is wedged between Virginia and Maryland? History and the prospects for eurobonds.
June 20, 2012
Gen Z’s Worries: Affording College, Carrying Student DebtA new survey by TD Ameritrade of Generation Zthose between 13 and 22found the next generation of investors are, contrary to popular belief, keenly aware of the importance of money.
June 15, 2012
Famed Bear David Rosenberg Turning BullRosenberg wrote commentary this week titled Parting of the Clouds? thats causing quite a stir.
June 15, 2012
Growth, Fiscal Union May Emerge from Eurozone CrisisWith the outcome of Sundays coming election in Greece casting shadows over the eurozone, leaders in the European Union are turning from austerity to growth and investigating the possibility of a closer fiscal union.
June 15, 2012
Profit Turned on AIG FacilitiesTwo major loan facilities that enabled American International Group (AIG) to ride through a Force 5 financial typhoon have been fully repaid, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced late Thursday.