Hard Times: A Raid On Your Student’s 529 Plan?

December 14, 2011

Tweet   That sounds a bit over the top, I know. And no, I’m not talking about raiding the little ceramic piggybank either. But some parents and grandparents who are struggling in this economy are finding the need to tap into their retirement accounts (worst case scenario) and even backing money out of 529 plans [...]

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College Planning Alert

December 8, 2011

Tweet   Is your college plan going to suffer from the “Base Year Blues”? Calendar year 2011 comes to a close in just a few days. And the onset of 2012 signals a critical date for parents of high school juniors. Yet that critical date is rarely recognized in time. What is it? It’s called [...]

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Student Loans – Crippling Debt?

November 10, 2011

Tweet   A National Public Radio segment (November 4th., 2011) highlights the burgeoning increase in student debt. Student loans now exceed credit card debt here in the United States. This figure does not include debt or asset reduction on the part of parents in an effort to fund a college education without their child graduating [...]

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