Student Loan Forgiveness: The Basics

Millions of U.S. college graduates have begun their careers with a crushing student loan debt balance. In fact, 40 million Americans owe more than $1.7 trillion in total loan debt. This equates to more than 50% of students graduating with significant debt.[1] The...

Zero-coupon CDs: What they are and how they work

Source: Bankrate If you’re looking for ways to better diversify your financial portfolio, you might consider zero-coupon certificates of deposits (CDs). There are some tax implications you need to weigh, but zero-coupon CDs can earn higher yields than other types...

Maryland Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit

If you, or anyone you know, lives in Maryland and has student loans, you could be eligible for a little known, but very valuable state tax credit!    What is it?  Maryland offers a Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit, to Maryland taxpayers that maintain Maryland...

When Prices Keep Rising — and Markets Keep Falling

Source: Bloomberg Inflation is up. Your portfolio? My bet is it’s down. (If not, please let us know your secret.) Yesterday an eagerly anticipated gauge of US consumer prices showed inflation up more than expected for the month of April. We wrote about what you can...