College Planning
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Peer-to-Peer Lending: Is Higher Yield Worth the Risk?
By Bernice NapachThe P2P loan market diversifies risk among a multitude of borrowers and delivers relatively high yields, but liquidity is limited.
April 21, 2016
Puerto Rico Registers to Sell Notes as May 1 Default LoomsThe Government Development Bank, which lent to the commonwealth and its agencies, filed to sell taxable securities that would mature May 2017.
April 20, 2016
Nuveen Muni Bond Exec Urges Passage of Puerto Rico Debt BillNuveen's co-head of fixed income says failure to pass proposed legislation will likely disrupt the municipal market and stall economic recovery in Puerto Rico.
April 15, 2016
Texas Tech Offers Summer Financial Planning Course for High School StudentsTexas Tech University and the Charles Schwab Foundation are teaming up to pique students' interest in the advisory profession before they get to college.
April 14, 2016
BofA, Wells Fargo Profits Weaken but Beat Estimates in Q1Bank of America also reported lower revenue, while its counterpart improved sales in the period.
April 12, 2016
How to increase financial literacy? Start young, train teachersOnly 31% of teachers feel "completely comfortable" teaching financial education, according to a new PwC report.
April 12, 2016
How to increase financial literacy? Start young, train teachersOnly 31% of teachers feel "completely comfortable" teaching financial education, according to a new PwC report.
April 12, 2016
Wells Fargo Misjudged Risks of Energy FinancingWells Fargos foray into oil shows how Wall Street misjudged the risks hidden in an esoteric type of energy financing long thought to be bulletproof.