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5 Ways Your Home Can Help Fund Retirement 12/04/2014 07:00pm • Your home can be used to give your retirement savings a quick and significant boost. But each of these ways of tapping your home equity also comes with potential pitfalls. Here's how your home can help you to pay for retirement. Pay off your mortgage. Owing a home mortgage-free eliminates one of y Portfolio Analysis: A High-Risk $1.4 Million Retirement Plan 12/03/2014 07:00pm • Barring an unexpected meltdown, it looks like the U.S. stock market will record its fifth consecutive yearly gain. Moreover, the Standard & Poor's 500 index will have gained nine out of the past 10 years. To say stocks have performed favorably would be an understatement. But why are so many inv How to Offer Financial Advice to Your Adult Child 12/03/2014 07:00pm • If you have children who are now adults, you probably offer them financial wisdom now and then. Or maybe you dole out advice on how they could better manage their money every chance you get. If you thought you could get away with it, perhaps you'd give your adult children a day-to-day calendar full 4 Strategies for Surviving a College Tuition Increase 12/02/2014 07:00pm • For the families of college students, there are three certainties in this world: death, taxes and tuition increases. One of those three -- tuition hikes -- has been in the news a lot recently. The University of California made headlines recently with its approval of a tuition hike that could reach Programs Offer Student Loan Repayment Help for Teachers 12/02/2014 07:00pm • Teaching is a noble profession, but not necessarily the most profitable one. You choose to enter this field because you love children, enjoy teaching or maybe because the hours and vacation time are convenient in caring for your own family. But no teacher has ever entered the field to get rich. Unf 10 Most Expensive Universities for Out-of-State Students 12/01/2014 07:00pm • 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: Start a Career in Government With a Law Degree 11/30/2014 07:00pm • A law firm is often the next step for a new J.D. graduate, but another employer is also popular: the government. Nine months after the class of 2013 graduated, 10.6 percent worked in government, according to a report from the American Bar Association. Of the seven employment categories highlighted Time to buy? Mortgage guidelines relaxed 11/30/2014 12:58pm • WASHINGTON --A new month means new changes for mortgage borrowers -- and those changes could make your dream of owning a home even easier. Since the nation's economic collapse because of permissive lending practices, home mortgage rules have tightened so dramatically former Federal Reserve Board The Dos and Don'ts of 401(k) Rollovers 11/26/2014 07:00pm • Most of the time, your 401(k) chugs along quietly, accumulating money and future benefits. But when it's time to think about transferring your account to a new employer plan, you face a dizzying array of questions and considerations. These do's and don'ts will help you roll over your 401(k) without What You Need to Know About Nontraditional Investments 11/25/2014 07:00pm • It's human nature to be drawn to the shiniest objects and the newest gadgets. These impulses can take hold of investors, too, when investment choices beyond the usual money market products and mutual funds beckon. Indeed, nontraditional or alternative investments are becoming increasingly popular 5 Reasons to Say 'No' to That Store Credit Card 11/25/2014 07:00pm • Getting that extra discount off your purchase at your favorite retail store sounds awfully enticing -- especially if you're shelling over a few hundred dollars -- but applying for the store credit card might do more damage than good. You may save a few dollars now, but signing off on that applicati 3 Reasons to Give Thanks for Student Loans 11/25/2014 07:00pm • If asked to compare borrowing student loans to a holiday, you'd probably pick Halloween. After all, taking on tens of thousands of dollars in loans is scary stuff. However, here at the Student Loan Ranger, loans make us think about a different holiday -- Thanksgiving. And, no, that's not an April F How to Prioritize Bills When You're Low on Cash 11/25/2014 07:00pm • If you owe more in bills than you have, it can be hard to know what to pay first. In fact, there is no right answer. The sad truth is that the worse your financial situation becomes, the more the standard rules of bill paying don't apply. Pay yourself first? It's logical, often-dispensed advice to 5 Credit Card Predictions for 2015 11/24/2014 07:00pm • This year Apple Pay launched and several major security breaches put consumers on edge. As we prepare to usher in a new year, U.S. News talked to several credit card experts about what to expect from credit card issuers in 2015. 1. Expanded credit access. Lenders tightened their standards during t Beltway basketball: The other guys 11/14/2014 03:42pm • WASHINGTON -- Talking about the beltway basketball landscape is always a tricky thing. One recognizes the history of Maryland and Georgetown as well as the resources and following each school has at their disposal. So when a George Mason makes the Final Four, or George Washington goes 26-2, or Am