Thursday’s Interests: Student Loan debt, Financial Advice for Low-Income families, Housing and Retirement.

 

Thursday’s interests are all about Personal Finance, Retirement and Investing.  Today, we look at Student Loan debt, poverty, housing and retirement.

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• The stereotype that poverty is a result of ignorance, a lack of financial literacy, poor budgeting or a lack of willpower is often wrong, said Clifford Robb, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies financial literacy. “If you look at our financial system, we’ve shifted increasingly to one that places more risk on the individual consumer,” he said.

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• Low-income families are getting terrible financial advice online (Maria Lamagna, Marketwatch)
• The $124,421 Man: How to pay off a mountain of student debt in six (long) years (Chadwick Matlin, Matter)
• Refinancing Student Loans — Best Tips From WCI Readers (The White Coat Investor)
• Don’t Stop Saving Just Because You’ve Retired (Glenn Ruffenach, The Wall Street Journal)
• Come easy, go easy: The Tech Takedown! (Aswath Damodaran)
• The Players Behind ETF Tax Efficiency (Elisabeth Kashner, ETF.com)
• The Freakishly Strong Base (Morgan Housel, Collaborative Fund)
• When Breaking up is Easy To Do (Factor Investor)
• Good Times in America for Homeowners, Bad Times for Renters (Henry Grabar, Slate)

listen

• • NewRetirement Podcast: Investing Legend Bill Bernstein on the 5 Hurdles Between You and a Secure Retirement

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From student load debt to side hustles, millenials talk finances (CBS This Morning, YouTube)

Look

• Good Times in America for Homeowners, Bad Times for Renters (Henry Grabar, Slate)

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