Tag Archives: savings
University tuition sprints way ahead of expectations
We’ve written a few times about college tuition and the Washington Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) savings program. An interesting follow-up note to the 2011-12 spike in the price of GET units comes from GET director Betty Lochner. In the January … Continue reading
The deleveraging divergence
Back in 2008 when it entered our vocabulary, The Economist called deleveraging “a fate worse than debt.” The process of reducing leverage — borrowed money — from personal, corporate and governmental finances is expected to take several years, if not … Continue reading
Savers double up without reward
An addendum to Gary’s News Tribune column from January 6. Cash equivalents may be zombie investments but investors still favor them. TrimTabs, a tracker of cash flows to bank and investment accounts released information January 13 demonstrating that Americans deposited … Continue reading
As China ages, will high savings turn into a consumption boom?
According to the recent white paper Demographics in Emerging Markets: Hope or Hype by Mirae Asset Management, over the next 40 years or so, China will go through a large change in both the average age and spending habits of its … Continue reading
College Tuition Continues to Climb
The College Board released 2009/2010 college cost figures in its annual Trends in College Pricing report. Here are the highlights: Four-year public colleges (in-state students): • Tuition and fees increased an average of 6.5% to $7,020 • Room and board … Continue reading
News Tribune column – GET program
Gary’s latest monthly column in the Tacoma News Tribune: Tuition program gets more attractive with longer terms Washington state’s Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program can be a good college funding vehicle in many cases but there are less-known aspects of the … Continue reading
GET unit price takes huge leap
As a follow-up to my September 8 column in The News Tribune (see below), here is some more detail about the new unit price to participate in Washington’s Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program. The 2011-12 purchase price for one GET unit … Continue reading →