All Entries in the "Saving & Paying for College" Category
Chart of the Day, CNN Money Questions and Other Items from Today
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — U.S. stocks were poised for a lower open Monday, taking cues from European markets as investors worry about a possible bailout for Portugal. Dow Jones industrial average (INDU), S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq (COMP) futures were down ahead of the opening bell. Futures measure current index values against perceived future performance. // [...]
CNBC: College Debt Crisis
As a nice follow-up to my article yesterday regarding Saving for a Child’s College, CNBC followed it up (like they knew I wrote it) with this article related to the College Debt Crisis: Smart Ways to Cover the Cost of College. I hope you enjoy it. Additionally, Watch the premiere of “Price of Admission: America’s College [...]
Student Debt on the Rise
Congratulations recent graduate! Your prize for four years of hard work is on average $23,200 in student loan debt (not including the debt that your parents are assuming) and a very difficult time to find a job! Woohoo – time to celebrate! In all seriousness, student loan debt is on the rise and there is [...]
The New Money Math (Source: Men’s Health)
Men’s Health magazine had an article in its December 2008 edition related to personal finances, so I thought I would share it with the readers of this blog (Thanks to Germano for letting me rip this out of his subscription). The tag line of the article was “The current economic mess happened because lenders, and [...]
COMING SOON!
Financial literacy is generally lacking in this great world of ours. The reason (usually) why individuals and corporations make poor financial decisions is due to lack of education related to personal finance. Sometimes these poor decisions are due to greed, but on the whole, I would say that the people on Main Street primarily make [...]
