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Who's Footing the College Tuition Bill? 10/11/2017 08:00pm • American families spent an average of $23,757 to send their kids to college during the 2016-2017 school year. That's according to a study conducted by student loan company Sallie Mae. Now in its 10th year, the annual "How America Pays for College" survey asks 800 undergraduate students between the New Homebuyer Programs Help Student Loan Borrowers 10/10/2017 08:00pm • Evidence showing that student loan debt is affecting the housing market continues to pile up -- but so are tangible solutions for borrowers. According to the recent joint study by the National Association of Realtors and American Student Assistance -- full disclosure, ASA authors the Student Loan R How to Spot Financial Infidelity 10/10/2017 08:00pm • Honesty is essential to a healthy and long-lasting relationship, and any breach of trust could rip two people apart. While most people think of betrayal as being emotional or physical in nature, financial infidelity can be equally crippling and is more common than many realize. In fact, according t How AI and Investing Are Merging 10/10/2017 08:00pm • You wake up to your morning Joe, which your coffee machine brews just the way you like it because it has learned your tastes, even when they change. Alexa greets you and before you can even ask about the weather, she says her parent company Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) is going to release its quarterl The Fun Way to Get Americans to Save More 10/08/2017 08:00pm • If you would struggle to come up with $400 in an emergency, but you also buy hundreds of dollars in scratch-off and lottery tickets each year -- you're hardly alone. Despite the losing odds, it's the poorest Americans that are most likely to play the lottery, perhaps because they feel like they're Lost items from Las Vegas shooting returned to some who fled 10/08/2017 04:52pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — The abandoned baby strollers, shoes, phones, backpacks and purses strewn for days across the huge crime scene of the Las Vegas massacre were slowly being returned to their owners Sunday to become sad souvenirs of a horrific night. One week ago, the same scene was home to a happ Is the Bear About to Come Out of Hibernation? 10/05/2017 08:00pm • The Standard & Poor's 500 index, the Dow Jones industrial average and the Nasdaq composite continue to reach record highs, surprising investors who think a bear market is imminent. However, the combination of synchronized global growth and low inflation may keep the bear in hibernation for a lo Borrowing to Invest Is Risky Business 10/05/2017 08:00pm • Historically low interest rates on personal borrowing over the past decade can allow people with good credit to capitalize on other opportunities to build their net worth, including levering to invest in real estate, businesses and even stocks. For example, if you use a home equity loan at 4 percent 4 Common Misconceptions Stopping Millennials from Owning a Home 10/05/2017 08:00pm • The vast majority of millennials think owning a home is an important part of the American Dream, on par with Americans of every age. Millennials, however, are facing some of the strongest headwinds ever. Home prices are climbing well above the rate of income growth and millennials more than any old 5 secrets of super savers living on a single income 10/04/2017 08:00pm • With many dual-income American couples living paycheck to paycheck, single-income families may feel even more pinched, especially since they don't have the security of another income if one partner loses their job. However, as these families prove, it's not how much you earn, but rather how m Getting Financial Advice When You Have Less Than $100,000 to Invest 10/04/2017 08:00pm • Index funds and low-cost brokerages have made do-it-yourself investing easier than ever, but finding a financial advisor remains daunting, especially for young middle-class families with little money to invest. Many advisors only accept clients with investable assets of $100,000 to a half million, University of Maryland gets $219.5M gift for scholarships 10/04/2017 02:43pm • COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — To help double need-based scholarships, the University of Maryland is getting a $219.5 million gift from the foundation of a billionaire alumnus whose own education was made possible by a scholarship. The university announced the gift from the A. James and Alice B. Clar Tackle the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Form 10/03/2017 08:00pm • Public Service Loan Forgiveness comes up a lot on the Student Loan Ranger blog -- but it's necessary. This is an important program that borrowers ask us about on a daily basis. Based on these questions and the data we've seen, more work is critical to ensure that all eligible borrowers are aware of Margin Investing Is Risky 10/03/2017 08:00pm • Cash-strapped investors with significant assets have two ways to generate money for spending or new investment: sell some of what they own, or borrow against it using a margin account. Selling is simpler and less risky, but means unloading assets that might grow in value. A margin loan can be an in Is Your Lender Judging You? 10/02/2017 08:00pm • Whether you realize it or not, asking for a loan can be a little like asking someone out on a date. The moment a person is asked on a date, he or she obviously sizes up their prospective partner. Few people would say, "Yes, let's go on a date," if they didn't think there was something positive about