Education

Determining How Much To Contribute To A 529 Plan: Too Much No Good!

Wondering how much to contribute to a 529 plan? This article provides a proper framework for 529 plan contributions by age. The idea is to contribute enough so that the 529 plan can comfortable cover most, if not all of your child’s college expenses when the time comes. For background, I am a father of […]

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Should I Get An MBA To Find A Wealthy Husband Or Wife?

Why bother working hard all your life for a chance at financial freedom if you don’t have to? Instead of directing all your energy to making more, saving more, and investing wisely, it might be a better use of your time to identify where the wealthy and the potentially wealthy hang out. Therefore, you get

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Should I Superfund A 529 Plan? Evaluating The Pros And Cons

Are you wondering whether to superfund a 529 plan? My wife and I did for both our children when they were born in 2017 and 2019. I’ll share with you our reasonings in this post. If you can superfund a 529 plan, I think you should. It feels good to have your child’s education fund

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Roth IRA Or 529 Plan To Pay For College: Comparing The Pros And Cons

One of the main questions that has come out of my 529 savings guide by age post is whether to contribute to a Roth IRA or a 529 plan to pay for college. This is a great question I did not think about because contributing to a Roth IRA is not something I have ever

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Recommended 529 Plan Amounts By Age: Careful Saving Too Much

From a financial perspective, one of the best things to come out of the coronavirus-induced market meltdown is being able to contribute to your children’s 529 plans at lower index prices. Let us dig deep into the recommended 529 plan amounts by age. The appropriate 529 plan amounts by age will help ensure that you

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Public Or Private School? Paying $1 Million For Private Not Worth It

There is a never-ending debate between going to public or private school. Is private grade school and private university really worth it? I’m not so sure in this day and age of high inflation and free online education. Personally, I went to international private school while my parents were stationed abroad until I was 13.

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Should I Go To Grad School? Get Rich Or Die Trying!

You’ve got your undergraduate degree and now you’re debating if you should go to graduate school. I’ve been in your shoes. I too wondered should I go to grad school? It’s a big commitment. Tuition can get quite expensive, especially if you quit working full-time to go to graduate school. However, earning a graduate degree

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Everything Is Rational – The Answer To All Things Irrational

If you want to reduce your stress, it’s good to adopt the “everything is rational” mantra. Once you believe that everything is rational, you’ll stop getting so frustrated and angry at things. You’ll also stop being so jealous of other people’s success. There’s a lot of messed up things in the world such as war,

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The Importance Of Money And Status For Getting Into Private School

If you have a baby or toddler or are planning to have a baby, this post is for you. I’ve been running an interesting, real-life, real-time experiment on how hard it is to get ahead if you have below-average money and little status. In 2017, we ended up applying to three preschools that accepted toddlers

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