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3 Financial ETFs Set to Benefit From a Better Economy 07/06/2015 08:00pm • An improving U.S. economic outlook and expectations for higher interest rates mean the prospects are bright for stocks in the financial sector. Some investors have been wary about financial service stocks in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis and the subsequent regulation that hit this se 17 Legal Secrets to Reducing Your Taxes 07/05/2015 08:00pm • Around the time I stopped fighting with my parents and began listening to them, my dad imparted some brilliant financial advice. He told me to become a scholar of the tax law. OK, perhaps he didn't use those exact words, but the message was the same: Know the tax law and take every tax deduction to 5 Steps to Take When Your Student Loan Servicer Changes 07/05/2015 08:00pm • When Phil DeGuzman's private student loans were sold to a new lender, he felt powerless. "I found out about it via email," says DeGuzman, who was in graduate school at DePaul University in Chicago at the time. "The process was smooth because I had no choice but to accept it." Now, he makes payment Greece Rejects Austerity Measures, Faces Uncertain Future 07/05/2015 08:00pm • International markets bent -- but didn't break -- Monday after Greek citizens rejected austerity measures that would have opened the cash-strapped country to billions of dollars in emergency funds. Stocks in Europe, Asia and the U.S. began the week with a shaky start. But the sky didn't fall, perhap Make Monday Morning Feel Like Friday Night 07/05/2015 08:00pm • "I'll never have another Friday night off," Eric Paslay tells me with a laugh when discussing his career. And he may be right. In April 2013, the Texas-born singer/songwriter released an ode to the weekend called "Friday Night," and it quickly reached No. 1 on the country charts. Knowing that this s 5 Steps to Dump Debt During Your Senior Years 07/03/2015 09:00am • In 2013, the average household headed by someone age 55 or older had $73,211 in debt, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute. While this may seem like a significant amount, 67 percent of retirees the EBRI surveyed earlier this year said their debt is not a problem. Some financial exper The High Cost of Higher Education 07/01/2015 08:00pm • With the rising cost of higher education, more and more people have been asking the question lately: How am I going to pay for my child's college education? There's no easy answer to this, and for those who want their kids to succeed by sending them to the best possible school, it might seem like t 3 Facts for College Grads Considering an Additional Associate Degree 07/01/2015 08:00pm • It may seem backward, but some college graduates are choosing to further their education by getting an associate degree at a community college. Take Hilary Johnson, who has a business administration bachelor's degree and an MBA from the University of Toledo, but struggled to find a job during the G Ways to Qualify for a Total and Permanent Disability Student Loan Discharge 06/30/2015 08:00pm • Last week, the Student Loan Ranger covered three student loan discharge options you'll hopefully never have to use. That list was actually going to be four items long, but we decided to dedicate an entire post to total and permanent disability discharge, because this seems to be the one we get the m 3 Things to Know About the New Student Loan Interest Rates 06/30/2015 08:00pm • Here's the good news: New federal student loans are cheaper this year. The 2015-2016 federal student loan interest rates take effect July 1 and are more than one-third of a percentage point cheaper than last year's rates. "This is something that's going to continue to happen and it's going to fluct 4 Potential Drawbacks of 529 Plans and How to Minimize Them 06/30/2015 08:00pm • When it comes to saving for their children's college education, many parents are attracted to 529 plans because of the built-in advantages that make socking away enough cash for college easier. Named for the section of the Internal Revenue Code that established these plans in 1996, 529s offer paren 10 Colleges Where Freshmen Are Most Likely to Come Back 06/29/2015 08:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: C Why Parents Should Charge Their Kids Rent 06/29/2015 08:00pm • The trope of a 20-something taking up refuge in his parents' basement is a now tired way to describe millennials. Unfortunately, it became a stereotype because it's true. Millennials have been known to graduate college, quit work or just opt out of adult life and scurry back to the nest. But for eve 4 Alternatives to Consider When Denied a Parent PLUS loan 06/28/2015 08:00pm • After his son was accepted at the University of Maryland--Baltimore County, with an opportunity to play lacrosse, his father applied for a Parent PLUS loan to cover the costs. But a long-ago bankruptcy and tax lien caused the father, who shared his experience with U.S. News but declined to be named Target These Easy, Last-Minute Summer Scholarships 06/24/2015 08:00pm • It's hard to believe that fall semester is only two months away. If you were like many high school students, you probably didn't have a lot of extra time to apply for scholarships while you were busy with homework, a job, activities and friends. Thankfully, if you're about to start college in the f