A Fearsome Financial Freight Train
The student loans financial freight train is headed downhill and is picking up speed.
It’s Their Own Damned Fault: The Financially Imprudent American Health Care Act
To judge the American Health Care Act we need to first look at what the ACA changed about healthcare in the United States.
A Simple Solution for the Vexing Student Loan Problem
As Navient lawsuits wind their way through the courts, an obvious question lingers: Why would any financial services company run this kind of risk?
Incompetent, Uncaring or Complicit?
Ever hear of the term risk-based pricing?
According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, “lenders offer different consumers different interest rates or other loan terms, based on the estimated risk that the consumers will fail to pay back their loans.”
Said differently, the higher the risk, the higher the rate.
Lenders are perfectly justified in pricing their products […]
How a Trump Administration Plan to Privatize Students Loans Could Help
If reports are true, Trump's student loan plan may not be as bleak as it sounds... so long as the administration adds some key caveats.
How the Incoming Trump Administration Can Help Student Loan Borrowers
Here's how the Trump administration could help stop (or exacerbate) the student loan debt problem.
The Brainless No-Brainer Fix to the Student Loan Problem
There is a fix to the student loan problem: restructure the whole portfolio.
When Does Paying Off Your Mortgage Ahead of Time Make Sense?
There are a few things to take into account when you consider borrowing money for a home loan.
5 Reasons Why You Might Not Want to Refinance Your Federal Student Loans
Many private student lenders are making a big push for a piece of the student loan refinancing pie.
Graduating More College Students Doesn’t Solve the Student Loan Problem
Earlier this month, another report on the high rate of student loan defaults once again triggered a great deal of discussion.