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Category Archives: College Planning
Pros & Cons of a 529 College Savings Plan for Your Kids
Figuring out how to pay for your child’s college education can be overwhelming. The cost for one year of school at a public university is over $17,000 and is nearly $40,000 at a private school – and that doesn’t even … Continue reading
Posted in College Planning, Guest Bloggers
Tagged 529 plans, college planning, education saving, investing, roth ira, tax breaks
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Is Graduate School a Good Investment?
Are you or someone you know thinking about going back to school? If so, you’re not alone. With the job market still weak, more and more people are wondering if it makes sense to go to grad school as a … Continue reading
Posted in College Planning, The Maverick
Tagged careers, education, grad school, law school, opportunity cost, student loans
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Funding Your Child’s College Education is Not Impossible if You Follow These Steps
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to visit my little two-year-old granddaughter. Since we live out of town, my favorite memory of the weekend was walking into the living room on Sunday morning and the little darling looked up … Continue reading
Choice is a Good Thing, Right?
In the 1970s, I lived in England before Margaret Thatcher came to power. In those days there wasn’t a lot of choice for consumers at the supermarkets: three types of cereal – Wheetabix, cornflakes or oatmeal – and two kinds … Continue reading
Back to School Season Brings Tuition Bills to Your Employees
It’s that time of year again. Summer is coming to an end (already!) and college classes are starting. You know what that means for your employees that are parents – time to start writing those checks! Unfortunately, sometimes those checks … Continue reading
Risk of Failure to Balance Budget
So in my last blog I outlined the real danger of government spending without a balanced budget. If the government continues to borrow and spend, borrow and spend, borrow and spend, pretty soon Uncle Sam won’t be able to borrow … Continue reading
Ten Steps to Funding a College Education
So what does college planning look like in the real world? That’s an excellent question, and since I don’t have a child in college yet, let me share with you what I hope it looks like: My daughter Rachel is … Continue reading
College Planning: A Conversation that Might Save Me $100,000 or More
One night not too long ago my daughter and I had a really good conversation about life, choices people make, who we like in this year’s American Idol (James!), and why she thinks her milkshakes are better than any that … Continue reading
College Planning: The Tax Benefits of Education
Today’s blog is the last in a series addressing the different pieces of the college planning puzzle. Last week we looked at financial aid and basically determined that no matter how much or how little we save for college, financial … Continue reading
Financial Planning: Paying for College
In last week’s blog entry I discussed some of the tax-free ways to save for education. If you are able to save enough to fully pay for a child’s education then I tip my cap to you because that is … Continue reading
