Posts Tagged ‘debt’
S4-9: US Consumer Credit Rising, Finance in Mainstream Media & Planners vs. Advisors
On this week’s episode of Finance Explained, Meghan discussed the operation of a 529 Plan, how to save money on school photos, the WeWork bankruptcy and its implications for commercial real estate and banks more broadly. She also covered the differences between a financial planner and a financial advisor and the latest from the Fed…
Read More >>>How American Student Loans Morphed from a Hand-Up to Hopelessness
The Federal Student Loan program first began in 1965. It was intended to make student loans accessible to all, to make the American Dream – going to college and earning more money – possible for everyone. A Federal American Student Loans program was supposed to be the great economic and opportunity equalizer… but somewhere along…
Read More >>>Why the National Debt Matters: Understand Your Family’s Risk
Learn why the national debt matters and how it directly impacts your family now, and going forward We all have our biased lens through which we look at the world. As a former financial analyst, my lens is biased towards the numbers: dollars, cents and statistics. While today there are many points of highly publicized political debate,…
Read More >>>What is Good Debt Versus Bad Debt?
The Ugly Truth About Student Loan Debt
It used to be a college degree was the ticket to upper-middle class prosperity, even wealth, a guaranteed investment win. However, most millennials will tell you differently. This month’s topic on Financially Savvy Friday is student loans and student loan debt. Most millennials today will tell you student loan debt has crippled any chance they have…
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