Should Personal Loans be Used to Fund Retirement or College?

The Future: Retirement or College?
One key question Americans are asking themselves is whether to use personal loans as a means of funding retirement or college funds. There is a careful balance between choosing to put hard-earned money into a person’s long-term future, or their children’s. Senior financial advisor Evelyn Dinkins recently reported [...]

Personal loans for funding college or retirement? Think carefully. (Photo: flickr.com)

Parents Use Installment Loans to Fund Summer Camp

Summer Camp is Still a Goal
Parents are using installment loans to fund summer camp for their children in 2010. Due to the economy, many parents are finding it difficult to finance their children’s summer vacation away from home. On average, summer camp costs anywhere from $90 to $1,200. It depends upon [...]

The kind of summer camp I always wanted, but I didn't have the installment loans to pay for it. (Photo: flickr.com)

Best Duct Tape Prom Dress Will Win Scholarship

Pick your favorite duct tape prom dress
Everyone has seen or heard of the duct tape prom dress and tuxedo combo, but did you know that a duct tape prom dress can win the student who made it a scholarship?
In fact, each year Duck brand duct tape chooses a couple to [...]

Yep, it's all duct tape.

Rachele Fico is Perfect, College Athletics Aren’t

The rules of the game
This is what collegiate sports is all about, in this order:

Television contracts
Merchandising deals
Alumni donations
Gate receipts
Concessions sales
Showcasing athletes to pro leagues
Winning a national championship
School pride
Competition and fellowship
Exercise

Notice how most of those things are economic in nature? NCAA Athletics is big business, and colleges across the nation are [...]

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Get Extra Cash in Financial Aid Package Without Payday Loans

It’s that time again: Students who want to get the most extra cash without using payday loans need to apply for their financial aid packages for the next school year now.

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It may seem early, but some states have February deadlines for turning in the FAFSA, the biggest source [...]

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Young Money! Education for youth about finances and Payday loans

What is Young Money?
There have been a lot of sites created on the internet trying to target the student / younger adult population.
Usually these sites are created in an effort to capitalize on the consumption habits of an already over consuming generation. Where these sites fall [...]

Young Money a Place for People to find education resources