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  • Mar 11, 2008

    529 Plans

    Question: How does a 529 plan affect a person in terms of financial aid eligibility? Samir….

  • Question: I'm 44, working at a university. My position is not secure nor stable. I have $40,000 in CD. How do I make my money grow? I would like to…

  • Question: The dollar continues to hit new lows almost every day. What is the retired investor to do to protect his/her portfolio from the effects…

  • Mar 7, 2008

    Too much Debt

    Question: I'm 54, earn about $80,000/yr and plan to work for 10 more years. I have $100,000 invested with Edward Jones in growth funds and would…

  • Question: My former employer has gone into receivership and I was informed that they will be terminating their 401k program. I would have rolled…

  • Question: I have some investment and savings questions. I'm 24 with about 12,000 in CDs and no debt. I recently went to a financial planner from…

  • Question: In tough times like these, how do I monitor the health of my insurance company and bank? Sure the bank is FDIC insured but getting money…

  • Question: I'm a 30 year old who works at a public university. I think I'm eligible to deposit $15,500 at my 403b and another $15,500 at 457b. I…

  • Question: I'm divorced with 2 children who have college loans on which I cosigned. I want to make sure that if anything happens (god forbid) that I…

  • Question: While I was checking my credit reports, I came across the name of a fourth credit reporting agency, Innovis. I was told they are not…

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