Experience may be the best teacher in other walks of life, but not when it comes to retirement investing. In fact, according to a just-released study, experience counts for surprisingly little. When it comes to a working knowledge of finance, …
Dear Quentin, It seems like I have been paying my Parent PLUS Loan forever. Someone told me that when my husband passed away, even though we were divorced at the time, I wouldn’t have to keep paying the loan. Please …
I am in my late 60s and need to find another place to retire. I am in the beginning stages of blindness and no longer drive, so am very dependent upon public transport and shopping, particularly grocery shopping, being within …
I have not seen anyone address student-loan debt for people over 70 years of age. I am a 74-year-old retired speech-language pathologist with a student-loan debt of $200,000. I’m on a fixed income, and the weight of this debt is crushing …
President Joe Biden extended the lifeline the federal government has provided to most student-loan borrowers during the pandemic. But that doesn’t mean these borrowers are feeling any more assured of their financial health. The ongoing pause for federal student-loan repayments …
I graduated from college in 2017 with more than $210,000 in federal student-loan debt thanks to out-of-state tuition, a master’s program, and not fully understanding this cost at that time. I’ve chiseled away at the debt since, often making greater …
Dear Quentin, My wife and I currently make $250,000 a year, which will climb north of $500,000 in the next few years. I have a currently unemployed sister and a brother who makes $40,000 annually with three kids. We are …
You don’t know what you don’t know until you get an incorrect answer in a financial literacy quiz. It stings. But there’s no harm in that. We should all learn something new every day, especially when it comes to managing …
According to one recent estimate, the total amount of outstanding student loan debt is about $1.75 trillion. Of that, federal student loans total about $1.59 trillion. According to the same source, about 43.2 million student borrowers owe an average of …
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