Niche advisors have an advantage, but it’s getting crowded. The marketplace is jammed with advisors who specialize in wealth management, retirement planning, small business owners, multi-generational wealth, doctors, educators, etc&hellip...
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September is known as college savings month, and Ascensus College Savings, a 529 plan provider, is marking the occasion by launching Learn529.com, a website to educate families about coll...
The average amount of debt a student will accumulate in college continues to climb.
It's been estimated that graduating undergrads from the Class of 2015 left college with the highest amount of debt ever incurred—more than $35,000, on average...
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In the interest of "giving something back," the son of late actor Robin Williams has been partnering with San Quentin State Prison in California to teach inmates about financi...
Hillary Rodham Clinton recently unveiled her proposed $350 billion plan to address the growing student debt crisis and make college more affordable for millions of Americans. But the initiative, announced Monday at a town hall...
With strong indications that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates in September, noted short-seller Bill Fleckenstein is getting ready to jump back into business. Fleckenstein told CNBC that the Fed's hands-off policy with the economy ...
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that Australia’s richest person, the mining magnate Gina Rinehart, may contribute half of her estimated $10 billion fortune to charity under the terms...
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When it comes to evaluating stocks during earnings season, Fagan Associates applies the cockroach theory to any hint of bad news: “Where you find one cockroach, there...
The surprising flexibility in the design of charitable gift annuities permits a donor to achieve his financial and philanthropic goals. In my June 2015 column, I reviewed the goals and aspirations of the three “Harrys’.” Harry...
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Predicting calamity for the financial markets is a regular sport. Some even manage to turn doomsaying into a profitable gig selling newsletters, gold vaults and investment strate...
