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Clark's tips on saving for college
If you're confused about how to save for a child's college education, I have some tips for you. Don't save a penny for education until you're saving everything you can for your own retirement. Each parent can do a Roth IRA up to $5,000. The money grows tax free and ...
529 plans trump life insurance policies to pay for college
If you have kids and you're saving for their college, there's a salesperson trying to separate you from your money. After being on the air for more than two decades, what's old becomes new again. Lately, I've been hearing an oldie resurface: Parents are getting pitches from life insurance agents ...
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Life Insurance As College Fund?
Are you considering a life insurance policy to help pay for your child's college education down the road? Clark has a much better way to get the job done, and it's tax free!
New rules for student loan payments coming in 2012
President Obama has announced new initiatives to help graduates who are in way over their heads with student loan debt. Prior to the president's announcement today, the recent news reports about student loan debt topping $1 trillion was sobering and upsetting to me. Student loan debt is now the largest ...
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Highest Paying 2-Year Degrees
Want to pack more punch in your paycheck? 2-year degrees can get you into a high-paying career without extensive schooling. Clark runs down a few of the top options.
College kids and 20-somethings are prime targets for ID theft
College students and young people in general are among the most-targeted groups by identity thieves. The Better Business Bureau reports that a quarter of all identity theft cases are among college kids. Meanwhile, a FOX TV affiliate cited different data from the Federal Trade Commission that said young adults age ...
Finding cheap textbooks online
I got my first introduction to the high-price world of college textbooks when my eldest daughter was a freshman several years ago. At the time, I had to pay $135 for one book for one class! Unfortunately, the cost of college textbooks is up just under 25% over the last ...
Amazon now renting digital textbooks
With the cost of college textbooks sky high, Amazon has introduced a digital rental platform through its Kindle service. The Kindle Textbook Rental program says it offers big discounts up to 80% off the regular list price of physical textbooks. Through the service, you can have access to a textbook ...
Three-year degree programs not popular with students
When we hit the Great Recession four years ago, I got all fired up about the many, many calls I got from people who said they didn't have money for their kids to go to college. So I immediately started going on and on about the three-year graduation track popular ...
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Keep spending in check with this pre-paid card
Looking for a good way to send a teen off to college with a predetermined amount of spending money? Here's a pre-paid card that Clark actually likes!
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