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Top Five Tips: Saving for College With a 529 and Beyond

May 22, 2013

by Charlotte Cannizarro When most couples first learn that they are having a baby there are two thoughts that race through their minds! Will we be good parents? and How are we going to pay [...]

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Saving Money for Your Child’s Future With a College 529 Plan

May 22, 2013

By Jerry Upshaw College is the quintessential objective and passage-way into a career field.  Although a college degree doesn’t necessarily equate to future success, it does however ensure the possessor to certain inalienable qualifications that [...]

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Why Saving for College Now and Considering 529 Plans Matters

May 22, 2013

By Ashley Curtin Many people tend to wonder why saving for college is important when they can just take out loans and pay them back later… right?  Today there are more and more reasons every [...]

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Roth IRA: No-Brainer Investing for Twenty-Somethings

May 17, 2013

This submission is part of the NerdWallet 2013 Roth IRA writing contest. The views and recommendations presented in this piece are held by the individual contest participant and do not represent those of NerdWallet.   By Todd [...]

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NerdWallet’s Dirty Dozen: The Worst Mutual Funds

May 14, 2013

Do the benefits outweigh the costs of investing in mutual funds?  While investors may assume that picking any old mutual fund is a good decision because they are already highly diversified by nature, the short [...]

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Breaking Down Annuities: What They Are and How They Work

May 13, 2013

With the baby boomers set to retire and Generation X quietly shoveling money aside in anticipation of retirement, the market for annuities remains booming at $200 billion a year, according to NPR. Before ponying up [...]

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TradeKing Survey: Social Media and Investing in 2013

May 10, 2013

Where do you get data about the companies you invest in? That was the primary topic of TradeKing’s April 2013 Investor Survey. The online brokerage firm found that most of its clients still prefer newspapers [...]

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What Is A Hedge Fund: Opportunity and Diversification But Not For Everyone

May 7, 2013

See also: looking to invest like the major hedge funds?  Open up a brokerage account with one of NerdWallet’s recommended online brokers to get started today.   The term “hedge fund” has taken on a [...]

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Investing For Women: Why Women Make Excellent Investors

May 6, 2013

By Guest Contributor Nancy Tengler, author of The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Stock Investing. One thing is sure: women are increasing their role in business.  According to a report published by the Small Business Association [...]

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Tax-Efficient Investing: Easy Tips to Increase Your Retirement Savings

May 3, 2013

by NerdWallet contributor Andrew Coflan Among the thousands of theories written about investing, two stand above the rest to inspire awe and fear. The first, compound interest, is a seemingly magical property, which can take [...]

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