A guide to student loans
Posted on April 14th, 2012 by Content Keyword RSS
Repository writer Robert Wang takes a comprehensive look at student loans.
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Company eyes alumni to boost student-loan bonds
Posted on April 5th, 2012 by Content Keyword RSS
By Adam Tempkin April 5 - San Francisco-based start-up lender SoFi has a novel idea to revive the moribund market in student-loan bonds — get alumni to invest in their schools. More precisely, get them …
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Company eyes alumni to boost student-loan bonds
Posted on April 5th, 2012 by Content Keyword RSS
April 5 (IFR) - San Francisco-based start-up lender SoFi has a novel idea to revive the moribund market in student-loan bonds — get alumni to invest in their schools. More precisely, get them to invest in securities backed by loans to their schools' students, who would in turn benefit from interest rates below the current rate on federal loans. "Students get a lower interest rate, and alumni …
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Wealth Club: How to Navigate the Grad School Debt Dance
Posted on March 31st, 2012 by Content Keyword RSS
In our financial advice column for the centsless, Michael Fleck fields questions on how to get your money right. Today, recent college graduates carry an average student loan debt of about $25,000. We’re in our 20s and 30s and, if we’re lucky, we have jobs that pay well enough to cover rent and bills with enough left over to have a little fun—and, of course, save. I say ‘we’ because with more …
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Student loans: the more you can pay at once, the better
Posted on March 29th, 2012 by Content Keyword RSS
Student loan bills reach six figures for one married couple, who wonder if they should throw as much money at the loan as possible or stick to the payment plan. Student loans are question 6 in this week's mailbag.
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