College Planning
Help your clients take the worry out of saving for college with news and analysis on student debt, 529 plans and other tax-efficient savings vehicles as well as the colleges and college majors that deliver the most value.
Moody's Unimpressed With Eurozone Deal
By Marlene Y. SatterDespite hours of negotiations at a summit meeting last week that resulted in an agreement by 26 of the 27 European Union countries for closer financial ties, Moody's Investors Service was not impressed.
December 07, 2011
Top 10 Smartest States for Financial IQA study by the nonpartisan EBRI shows the difference in financial literacy and behavior for each state. To determine which states had the highest financial IQ, AdvisorOne added each states ranking in the two categories and, like golf, the lower scores won.
December 05, 2011
In Sign of Recovery, Icelandic Bank to Sell Bonds in International MarketsArion Bank will reenter international debt markets for first time since default.
November 30, 2011
Critics Fault Ratings Agencies on Greece DowngradeIn yet another embarrassment for rating agencies in the wake AAA subprime loans and other missed economic cues, critics charge that Moodys should have been tougher a lot earlier on their downgrade of Greece.
November 29, 2011
PIMCO's Gross: Investors in 'No Trust Zone' for Euro Bonds Without ECB BackingWith debt overwhelming the eurozone and investors fleeing or demanding sky-high yields, PIMCOs Bill Gross said that it would cost the European Central Bank some 5 billion euros to lure investors back.
November 29, 2011
Moody's Threatens Ratings Cuts for European BanksThe banks of 15 countries in Europe have been put on notice by Moodys: their subordinated debt ratings may be cut by the agency because there is the possibility that government support for that debt will not be forthcoming.
November 23, 2011
What’s Your Name?Whats in a name? Experts tell us that picking the right name (for your firm) can be crucial when it comes to marketing and branding your new empire. What you call yourself can definitely sway peoples first opinion of you. Think about it would you buy ice cream...
November 22, 2011
Shakespeare Nails the Supercommittee: News AnalysisOf the whole sorry saga, from the debt-ceiling deadline to the supercommittee deficit impasse, Shakespeare seemed to say of our national economic life that it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."