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.
July 09, 2010
NFP Closes on Credit FacilityNational Financial Partners Corp. says it has taken several steps to reduce exposure to refinancing risk.
July 09, 2010
NFP Closes on Credit FacilityNational Financial Partners Corp. says it has taken several steps to reduce exposure to refinancing risk.
July 07, 2010
ABA Says Consumer Loan Delinquencies Improved for 3rd Quarter in a RowIn a sign that the U.S. economy continues its modest recovery, consumer loan delinquencies showed broad-based improvement in the first quarter, for the third quarter in a row, the American Bankers Association said Wednesday, July 7.
July 05, 2010
Germans Seek to Cut Budget Deficit by 40% Over 5 YearsActing on the declaration by the G20 to reduce deficits, Wolfgang Schaeuble, Germany's finance minister, has proposed cuts in spending that are intended to cut the country's deficit by 40% over the next five years.
July 01, 2010
Worrisome ItalyCharles De Gaulle reputedly once said that when it came to Europe, Germany was meat, France was potatoes and everything else was just a side...
June 23, 2010
At Morningstar Conference, Gundlach Opens 3-Day Gathering in ChicagoJeffrey Gundlach, founder of DoubleLine Capital, LP and former CIO of Trust Company of the West (TCW) opened the Morningstar Investor Conference in Chicago on Wednesday, June 23, with a story from Jack Bogle.
June 23, 2010
At Morningstar Conference: Gundlach Speaks'Deflation,' and 'debt' the issues; a 'wonderful match' to protect from those.
June 14, 2010
As FAFSA Deadline Approaches, College Students Urged to Apply Before Aid Window ShutsCollege students--and the parents who help them pay tuition costs--have until June 30 to file a free application for federal student aid (FAFSA) before the window shuts for the 2009-2010 and the 2010-2011 school years.
June 07, 2010
LPL Financial's Prospectus: Behind the NumbersUnique independent brokerage model could be promising; there's some debt and questions, as for all firms, about the effect of regulatory reform.
June 07, 2010
LPL Financial's IPO: Behind the NumbersLPL Investment Holdings Inc., registered with the SEC for an initial public offering (IPO), on June 4, nearly five years after the firm sold about 60% of itself to two private equity investors.