“Prepaid” College Plans May Deliver Less Than They Promised

October 18, 2011

Some prepaid college tuition plans promised more than they can deliver. When the money runs short, who is on the hook?

Five Lasting Lessons From The Debt Ceiling Debate

August 2, 2011

Headlines from the debt debate will fade, but what we learned will linger. The financial world is riskier than we realized.

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The ‘Risk-Aversion’ Misnomer

August 31, 2010

Financial advisers often discuss investors who are “risk-averse.” But people, on the whole, are not terribly averse to risk. We are, on the other hand, extremely averse to loss. Imagine the following game show scenario: You are offered the choice of receiving $3,000 in hand, right away, or the potential for $4,000 with a 20 percent chance of getting nothing at all. There are some daring souls who would go …

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