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Your Go-To Girl: A Trusted Expert Answers Your Questions on 529 College Savings Plans

by Kent Smetters February 3, 2012

529 Plan

If I don’t want to take part in a 529 college savings plan, what are some of my other options? A 529 plan is an education savings plan into which you make deposits from your after-tax money but your assets grow tax free. It is very much like a Roth IRA, but for education savings [...]

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The Big Secret To Saving For College

by Jacoba Urist October 31, 2011

Bookworm

Almost every parent I interview—whether they’re five months pregnant or have a fifth-grader at home— says college is their biggest financial planning worry. And for good reason: in 18 years, you’re looking at over $200,000 to send your kid to a state school and over $400,000 for most private four-year universities. Where ever your child [...]

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Tales from a Modern Girl: Setting up a Retirement Fund

by Kat McCue March 2, 2011

Roth IRA Pic

Tales from a Modern Girl is a GoGirl original series chronicling real-life experiences inspired by Manisha Thakor and Sharon Kedar’s book, On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance. It seems incongruous to me to be filling out a Roth IRA Account application form while it seems as if the ink on [...]

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Welcome to the Real World: I’m Here…Now What?

by Samantha Steinberger February 25, 2011

Stock market graphs.

In my last post—an update from Day 5—I mentioned that LearnVest’s Bootcamp had provided me with a great rundown of the stock exchange, bonds, index funds… the list of arcane concepts was endless. Although I’m not quite a financial whiz, after just a few lessons with the Bootcamp, I’m already starting to feel more confident [...]

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Women and Finance

by Sandy Whiting February 22, 2011

Women and money

The statistics are grim when it comes to financial literacy among women–especially when put up against the state of financial literacy among men. However, don’t be discouraged! With a little know-how, we not only can match, but can actually surpass the advantage men have in the world of finance. According to Dr. Annamaria Lusardi, a [...]

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