Have you ever wondered if you are eligible to receive any Financial Aid for your college bound child? There is quite a bit of mystery surrounding the entire college financial aid application process. This mysterious, even convoluted, process has created a great deal...
Weekly Update – September 24, 2012 During the past three months, the stock market has turned in one of its strongest performances in U.S. history. Since early June, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained 12%. If this rate of increase continued, it would offer...
Weekly Update – September 4, 2012 Markets stayed fairly flat last week ahead of Friday’s highly anticipated speech by Ben Bernanke but stumbled on news that the Fed wasn’t going to immediately roll out another round of quantitative easing. The S&P fell...
This Guest Post from Elizabeth Wine takes a look at how women are thinking about the financial decisions that they face. Elizabeth Wine is a Freelance writer from New York City who frequently writes about finances and financial planning. Elizabeth is a fellow...
An audit is typically a word that makes most cringe, maybe not so different than when a person hears about a root canal. Dictionary.com refers to an audit as an official examination of an account, building etc. that evaluates or improves its appropriateness, safety or...
Weekly Update – July 9, 2012 The major indices closed mixed last Friday as a week of slow trading was capped by a market-wide selloff on Friday. The retreat was driven by a mediocre June jobs report and fears about a jobless recovery. The S&P closed down only...
Special Edition Update – July 3, 2012 While the first quarter of 2012 beat expectations, the second quarter poured cold water on investors’ hopes for a strong encore. Much like the last two years, the economy got off to a solid start only to falter in the...
Weekly Update – June 25, 2012 Markets had a lackluster week as investors shrugged off two pieces of relatively positive news: that Greeks voted a pro-bailout party into office, and that the Fed took additional action to stimulate the economy. Despite a couple of...
Weekly Update – June 4, 2012 Gloomy economic data disturbed markets last week and set off alarm bells that the U.S. economy may be following Europe and Asia into a slowdown. Friday’s grim jobs report showed that the economy added just 69,000 new jobs in May,...
Weekly Update – May 14, 2012 Concerns about Europe and the global economy set a negative tone last week and markets closed out at a loss. The S&P lost 1.15%, while the Dow lost 1.67%, and the Nasdaq 0.76%. On apositive note, the U.S. economy continues to slowly...