529 Plan News
Following is a current digest of news items related to college savings:
07/07/2008
John Hancock Freedom 529 updated two of its most popular marketing tools to help financial consultants in their efforts to build their businesses. The firm’s entire seminar kit has been enhanced and gathered on one CD to make it easy for FCs to create a professional-looking customized seminar.
07/07/2008
SLM Corporation (NYSE:SLM), commonly known as Sallie Mae, today announced that it will release 2008 second-quarter earnings results after the close of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Sallie Mae Vice Chairman and CEO Albert Lord and Vice Chairman and CFO Jack Remondi will host a conference call for shareholders at 8 a.m. EDT on Thursday, July 24, 2008.
07/07/2008
RESTON, Va.—-SLM Corporation , commonly known as Sallie Mae, today announced that it will release 2008 second-quarter earnings results after the close of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, July 23, 2008.
06/27/2008
College Saving Plans More Valuable (KARK Little Rock)
Your 529 college savings plan is becoming more valuable than ever. A growing number of schools are using the plan, which allows parents to save money for their kids’ college education, as a recruiting tool.
06/30/2008
Parents Face Savings Conundrum: Retirement versus College (Centre Daily Times)
Of all the financial goals faced by growing families, saving for retirement and college are easily the two biggest. Increasingly, the question for parents is how do we pay for our children’s college expenses without raiding the retirement nest egg or depleting the equity in one’s home? These two financial goals are not new, yet balancing saving for both is more challenging today than a …
06/30/2008
Students and Parents: July 1 Brings Increases in Funding for College (Centre Daily Times)
As a record number of students heads to college this fall, Sallie Mae, the nation’s leading saving- and paying-for-college company, advises families of several important changes in financial aid and student loans that may help them save money.
06/30/2008
Parents Face Savings Conundrum: Retirement versus College (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOSTON—-Of all the financial goals faced by growing families, saving for retirement and college are easily the two biggest. Increasingly, the question for parents is how do we pay for our children’s college expenses without raiding the retirement nest egg or depleting the equity in one’s home?
07/03/2008
Color of Money Book Club (Washington Post)
Personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary hosted an online discussion with Robert and Melinda Blanchard, authors of “Changing Your Course: The 5-Step Guide to Getting the Life You Want” (Sterling), on Thursday, July 3 at Noon ET.
06/29/2008
Start savings accounts, plans for children’s college education (The Record Searchlight)
Each week, the Record Searchlight asks a panel of local financial advisers questions about handling your finances. If you have a question for the panel or would like to join the panel, please contact Carole Ferguson, managing editor, at cferguson@redding.com, or 1101 Twin View Blvd., Redding, CA 96003.
06/30/2008
ALABAMA VOICES: Keeping college affordable (Montgomery Advertiser)
The Alabama Legislature is often critiqued on both the left and right of the political spectrum for “underperforming.” Regrettably, much of the criticism is well deserved.