Three Things That Can Derail Your Retirement
The American Dream - work hard and retire comfortably at 65 - is more of a dream than a reality for most seniors. A new GAO analysis finds that among households with members aged 55 or older, nearly 29 percent have neither retirement savings nor a traditional pension plan.
David Lerner Associates: 5 Financial Lessons for College Students
Millions of young Americans will be leaving home for the first time this fall. Along with many other freedoms they will experience, they will also have to manage their own finances, probably for the first time.
David Lerner Associates: Financial Challenges Widows Face
Women in the US are 3X more likely to lose their spouse than men. Becoming a widow at any age can be one of the most challenging events a woman can face.On top of the emotional loss there is also the burden of suddenly handling everything--including all the finances--on your own.
How Millennials are Changing the Student Loan Cycle
91 percent of millennial parents are determined not to perpetuate the loan cycle with their children. This is considerably higher than other generations - 76pecent of parents ages 36-45 and 74 percent of parents ages 46-55 said that debt caused them to use other strategies to cover college costs.
David Lerner Associates: The Sensible Middle Ground of Investing
Investors in the stock market have been on somewhat of a roller-coaster ride recently. It is one thing to experience the thrill of a sudden drop at the fairground but quite another when it is your investments that take a tumble. We believe in something that we call the is ensible middle ground of investing.
Growth Investing vs Value Investing
When you invest for growth you are usually seeking capital appreciation over the long term A value investor looks for bargains and chooses investments that have low prices in relation to such factors as earnings, sales, net current assets.
3 Ways to Graduate Debt Free
Over the past ten years, the cost of a college education in America has gone up very year. Hillary Clinton recently announced a proposed student loan reform as part of her campaign.
College Savings – Think Ahead
More than 20 million young Americans are headed off to college this month. According to the 2015 Sallie Mae How America Pays for College report, a national study of college students and parents, families spent on average $24,164 for college in the academic year 2014-2015