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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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Demystifying Financial Planning Part III: Choosing a Financial Consultant

by Caroline Huber August 22, 2011

Girl wih laptop

Everyone has financial goals, and we all have a “financial plan” of some kind, no matter how vague. The obstacles to actually achieving our financial goals are that we do not always clearly define them and we do not stick to a step by step plan for action. I think personal finance goals are a [...]

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Tales from a Modern Girl: Setting up a Retirement Fund

by Kat McCue March 2, 2011

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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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