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New research shows the degree to which your choice of college major and debt at graduation affect retirement savings....
Parents can now convert their child’s favorite college savings tool into a retirement savings tool. The question many people are asking is “How do you do it?”...
In 2017 and 2019, I superfunded two 529 plans for my two children. Since then, my wife and my parents have also regularly contributed to the two college savings plans. You would think with all this ag...
I can retire in a year but with one kid just starting college, I’ll likely wait 4 years until I’m 65; besides, I just received a huge pay increase to stay when I was being ‘poached&r...
Do you journal/ have a diary? Part of getting rid of years of stuff, I stumbled upon some of my older personal journals the other day. That writing, from the college years, was never about preserving ...
In 2024, I am transitioning from a spender to a saver mindset. I am returning to frugal habits reminiscent of my lifestyle in the first thirteen years after college. This change is prompted by the nee...
The first big responsibility I faced straight out of college was (no brownie points for guessing) paying rent. The ... Read more...
I'm looking for any experiences from folks who retired close to the time that their kids were in or had just graduated from college. I have one who is a freshman and another who will start in a year; ...
Saddleback College, a community college in South Orange County, California, offers an educational emeritus program for people over the age of 55 in our area. Free emeritus classes are offered on their...
Why does Becca in Florida’s advisor "poo-poo" her strategy for funding 529 plans for education? Keith, commenting on Spotify, wants to know about reimbursing yourself from a 529 plan for the sch...
My daughter mentioned that in one of her college communication classes there is a middle aged man in attendance. She enjoys his participation. I have wanted to take an economics course, someday. A cou...
Paying for college is expensive, which is why college financial planning should really begin as soon as each child is born. But, let’s be honest. Sometimes life gets in the way, and, before you ...
My son started his first real post-college job at a small employer (< 50) who contracts with Blue Star Retirement to handle their 401k plan. He doesn't know anything about investing and so he just ...
I am a high school librarian and have 7 credit years in calpers. I will be graduating college in December to be a teacher in CA. I’ve done all the appropriate readings and I still don’t kn...
My college advisor once told me something that would fundamentally change how I make decisions: Solve life backwards I didn't know what he meant when he first said it, so he went on to explain: It's m...
When you child gets close to going to college, consider investing your 529 plan account in CDs or a stable value fund. Only some 529 plans offer them....
My son is a junior in high school and starting to look at colleges. He’s a smart, thoughtful kid who doesn’t seem to be stressing too much about where he goes off to school. At the same time, sinc...