Just because two people live together doesn’t necessarily mean they will have a higher household income. The Pew Research Center recently analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data and found that there are 7.5 million couples, in the 30-44 age range, that are cohabitating. ...
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New Study Shows Young Adults Find Power in Debt: Lack of Education to Blame
In recent research published in the journal Social Science Research, the data showed that young adults aged 18-27 actually felt empowered by having debt. They felt that it increased their self-esteem and made them feel in control of their lives. Because they were...
Where Your College Tuition is Spent
Many people are going back to school to further their education in the hope of being more marketable in the workplace. As tuition increases, students may be wondering where their money is being used. Onlinecolleges.net reported 10 Telling Stats on Where Your...
Fear of Past Dot Com Crash: Venture Capitalists Only Interested in Consumer-Targeted Companies like Facebook or Groupon
via online.wsj.com The dot com crash has had a big impact on how venture capitalists invest in the current market. To understand why, it is important to know a little history about the impact of the Internet and why these investors are leery. The Internet became...
Is Your Target Date 401k Fund Not As Safe As You Thought?
via online.wsj.com Target date funds have become a very popular way for people to invest in their 401k. Target-dated funds are mutual funds that automatically adjust the asset mix of stocks, bonds and cash usually based on the investor’s future retirement date. There...
401K Reinrollment: Why Your Money May Be Put Into Target-Dated Funds
Target-dated funds are mutual funds that automatically adjust the asset mix of stocks, bonds and cash usually based on the investor’s future retirement date. Companies have been offering these options for their employees for many years. Some companies are now even...
Baby Boomers Turn 65 This Year: Keeping the Illusion of Youth While Staying Healthy
This year the oldest baby boomers will turn 65. If you call a baby boomer “elderly”, you might find that is not a term they take lightly. The days of older generations taking it easy and moving to quiet communities have faded. This is a very proud group that wants...
Gainful Employment Rule: Effect on For-Profit Schools and Graduation Rates
via american.com For-profit education is beginning to feel the squeeze. July 2, 2012 marks the day that the U.S. Department of Education rule goes into effect. This rule restricts students from using government aid to pay for schooling that doesn’t include...
Find Out How Much Jobs Pay
imagevia sixapart.com In a presentation I gave the other night, someone in the audience asked if there was any questions you should not ask in the job interview. One thing that many career experts will tell you is not to bring up money. How then, are you supposed to...
Top 10 Personal Finance Articles
image via investopedia.com I am a contributing writer for investopedia.com. The following is a list of my top 10 personal finance articles I wrote for that site: • Condo Complications: The Issues Behind Ownership - Being a "condo person" is just one of the issues...
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