The end of each year brings a time for reflection and renewal, and this is especially valuable when it comes to personal finance. As the year 2010 comes to a close, are you better off financially than you were on January 1 of this year? What would you like to do differently so that your finances are in better shape at the end of 2011? Here are a few things you can do by the end of the year to improve your financial position for 2011.
Posts Tagged ‘saving for college’
Saving for College: Why You Need to Plan beyond Financial Aid
October 28, 2010Autumn signals the beginning of college preparation season, where parents and their high school students gather information about potential college choices, prepare essays and applications, and of course, consider how to pay for it all. Mention college-planning to parents and their first thought is usually how to get (more) financial aid. Find out what financial aid actually means, how it doesn’t always cover all expenses and why you should consider financial aid planning, from Certified Financial Planner Kevin Worthley.
529 Plans: Investing in Your Kid’s Future
October 20, 2010The economy is weak. Unemployment is high. And with universities projecting price increases of 10 percent or more per year, just the thought of your child’s future college bills is enough to make your head spin. But don’t send those kids off to bartending school just yet. 529 plans, if you haven’t heard of them, offer some great tax incentives and even ways to collect ‘free money’ to save for your children’s higher education.
Best of Home, Money & Credit – Week of Nov. 8
November 13, 2009Happy Friday! Your Weekly Quizzler is here, chock-full of the week’s best stories about your credit, home and money links straight from the Quizzle Twitter feed: Home & Money Saving Tips Digitize Your Coupon Clipping (Suburban Dollar) With the influx of coupon websites, you can now enjoy the savings of coupons without getting newspaper ink [...]
