May 22, 2010
Filed under: Money College, Debt, School
Tuition Ignition: A week-long series looking at the soaring cost of college at public and private institutions
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Filed under: Borrowing, Budgets, Credit, Insurance, Retire
Ever wish you could find one place to go for basic financial information about anything? If that’s your wish, you’ll find all that you need at the government’s newly launched MyMoney.gov website, which was developed with financial information from 12 Federal agencies, departments and bureaus that make up the Financial Literacy and Education Commission.
Filed under: Money College, Debt, School, Student Loans
Tuition Ignition: A week-long series looking at the soaring cost of college at public and private institutions
Filed under: Borrowing, Budgets, Credit, Insurance, Retire
Ever wish you could find one place to go for basic financial information about anything? If that’s your wish, you’ll find all that you need at the government’s newly launched MyMoney.gov website, which was developed with financial information from 12 Federal agencies, departments and bureaus that make up the Financial Literacy and Education Commission.
May 21, 2010
Filed under: Money College, Debt, Student Loans
College enrollment overall is on the rise, but recession-weary and debt-wary students are being choosier when it comes to selecting academic institutions. But so too, are colleges becoming more selective about admitting students, increasingly putting an emphasis on those they believe can pay their bills and complete a degree. When money — tuition — dictates the student body, what happens to the quality of education?
May 20, 2010
Filed under: Banks, Technology
A recent survey of 5,000 nationally-representative adults, sponsored by NACHA, the National Automated Clearing House Association (a group of companies in the payments industry) asked the question: Why do people go paperless when it comes to receiving and paying their bills? The answers:
- It’s easy to access my statements online — 62%
- To reduce clutter — 50%
- To help the environment by reducing paper waste — 49%
Filed under: Borrowing, Money College, Debt, Student Loans
This week, you’ve heard from students and graduates with debt far beyond the average amounts. How far beyond? According to The Project on Student Debt, in 2008, a whopping 67% of graduating students at four-year colleges had debt: averaging $20,000 at public colleges, and nearly $28,000 at private schools.
Filed under: Budgets, Retire, Retirement Advice
Dad probably has two sources of retirement income – a pension and Social Security. Sure, he has a savings account, but chances are, he’s like my mother-in-law. All of that money is in certificates of deposit and U.S. savings bonds and he hasn’t spent any of it in years.
Filed under: Banks, Consumer Ally, Credit Cards
As the financial reform debate winds its way through Congress, one recently-proposed amendment would offer relief from the many Americans who feel trapped under their debt because of the high interest rates on their credit cards. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) created an amendment that would give states the authority to set caps on the maximum interest rate credit card companies could charge.
Filed under: Insurance, Health, Insurance – Health Insurance
Every weekday, Betsy Langston makes a 90-minute drive with her son to Myrtle Beach, S.C. Then, after about three hours there, she drives the same 90 minutes back home to Florence.