Monthly Archives: March 2010
The damaging pace of tuition inflation
The cost of a college education continues to grow very rapidly. This, of course, is not a surprise. News of tuition inflation has been prominent. Here in Washington state, the legislature is allowing state universities to raise tuition by 14% … Continue reading
Posted in Financial planning, Investments
Tagged 529, college savings, GET, inflation, investments, tuition
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Important considerations about dividend-paying stocks
News about dividends in the past year has mostly been negative. The number of U.S. companies decreasing dividends in 2009 was the highest since 1955. According to Standard & Poor’s, 804 companies reduced their dividend payouts by over $58 billion. … Continue reading
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Tagged dividends, income, investments, performance, retirement, returns, s&P 500, stocks
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