Student Loan Debt
How advisors can help clients understand the burden of student loan debt and the best ways to reduce, eliminate or manage the debt load.
August 08, 2012
A year later, S&P downgrade of U.S. looks like a dud (Washington Times)Still, one benefit of the downgrade, says Nigel Gault, chief U.S. economist at HIS Global Insight, is that it focused on the need to do something about Americas debt.
July 31, 2012
Manchester United IPO to Hit U.S.Britains highly touted soccer team Manchester United, owned since 2005 by the family of the Florida-based businessman Malcolm Glazer, is hitting the streetWall Street, that is.
July 27, 2012
LTCI Watch: Sam's CreditorsIf we're less productive than we'd hoped, where do the frail and disabled elderly stand in terms of priorities?
July 27, 2012
LTCI Watch: Sam's CreditorsIf we're less productive than we'd hoped, where do the frail and disabled elderly stand in terms of priorities?
July 25, 2012
CFPB Rolls Out Financial Aid Shopping Sheet as Student Debt Tops $1 TrillionAs outstanding student loan debt has surpassed the debt consumers hold in credit cards and car loans, the CFPB has just completed a form colleges can use to break down costs and payment options.
July 24, 2012
Spain edges toward rescue (Bloomberg)Spain's regions are looking for bailouts, which has pushed investors to charge the nation more to borrow for five years than for 10 years.
July 24, 2012
Moody’s Cuts Outlook on Germany, Luxembourg, NetherlandsGermany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg saw their outlooks downgraded to negative by Moodys Investors Service late Monday as debt woes in the eurozone continued to worsen.
July 16, 2012
Doomsayers Wrong on Last Year’s Debt DowngradeWarnings last August of an unprecedented financial crisis accompanied by fire and brimstone appear to have been wrong.
July 16, 2012
Downgrade anniversary showed investors gained buying U.S. (Bloomberg)Nearly a year later, mortgage rates have hit record lows, the governments borrowing costs have eased, the benchmark S&P stock index is up, and investor enthusiasm for Treasury debt has strengthened.
July 16, 2012
Greek Bank Head Took Secret Loans to Finance Bank StakeGreeces fiscal troubles seemed to grow deeper with the revelation that companies owned by Piraeus Banks chairman and his children took out secret loans from a rival bank to pay for Piraeus shares.