“Prepaid” 529 plans allow consumers to lock-in future tuition at current prices, but they have largely been overshadowed by the more popular 529 “Savings” plans. However, new research shows that the oft-overlooked Prepaid may be a better bet than originally thought, offering superior risk-adjusted returns, historically. Choosing the right college savings strategy is never easy.
Prints and Photographs Division The iconic architect Richard Morris Hunt (1827-1895) designed many notable buildings by combining historical architectural aesthetics with modern technology. Considered the dean of American architecture, Hunt also played a key role in shaping and professionalizing architectural practice and education in the United States. The Hunts were a respected New England family
A shopper searches her purse outside a Dollar Tree store in Encinitas, Calif. Lenny Ignelzi | AP Retail discounters Dollar General and Dollar Tree will pay $1.2 million in fines for selling expired products, the New York Attorney General announced Monday. The investigation also called out Family Dollar, which was acquired by Dollar Tree in
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump chat at a G-20 event a day before their highly anticipated bilateral meeting. Bernd von Jutrczenka | picture alliance | Getty Images President Donald Trump said China is ready to come back to the negotiating table, but one Chinese insider is calling Trump’s bluff, saying, “China
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman hopes to see tourism contribute 10% of Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product by 2030 — and the country plans to tap everything from a 2,000-year-old UNESCO heritage site to the “the longest, tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world” to make it happen. Next month,
Holiday shoppers at a Target store in Culver City, California. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Despite retailers banking on acceleration in the fourth-quarter from holiday sales, Wells Fargo said fundamental trends have deteriorated. “While the majority of companies appear optimistic on their ability to drive solid growth in [the fourth quarter of 2019],
Are you the type of traveler who sleeps on top of hotel bedspreads? Or worries about bringing home stowaway bedbugs from vacation? Do you find dingy hallways depressing? In that case, you may want to check out — and into — hotels in these 20 hyper-hygienic U.S. destinations, as determined by AAA’s Best of Housekeeping
There is a huge opportunity in business-to-business payments that nobody is talking about. Bloomberg reported August 6 that Mastercard agreed to pay $3.2 billion for a digital payments platform based in Denmark. The news barely made a ripple, but the transaction processor is building something big. This July 22, 2019, photo shows a Capital One Mastercard in North Andover,
Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column addresses filing early in anticipation of potential future benefit cuts, who can still file restricted applications, potential effects of pensions on Social Security benefits, the availability of survivor benefits and
Aerial view of downtown Greenville, South Carolina, the location of Clemson University’s Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) program. Getty Real estate developers routinely make go or no-go decisions. Does the routine sound good to you? Whether it’s ambition or to gain specialized knowledge, reinforce career effectiveness or prepare oneself for shifts in the economy,