Deciding what gift to give a child for holidays, birthdays, graduations and other gift-giving occasions can be challenging.

Martin Dasko has been helping millennials make sense of their finances without missing out on what life has to offer since 2008. He started his financial writing career as a business major at Ryerson ...

Saving for college is a major financial goal for many parents: they want their kids to afford a shot at paying for one of the greatest career bumps out there, an undergraduate (or even graduate or ...

The stock market's wild ride is having an impact on families who use a 529 college savings account, a tax-free way for parents to save for educational expenses. There are 17 million active 529 ...

After taking its 529 college savings accounts offline in October following a cyber incident, the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance announced Tuesday the accounts are back online and ...

Since I don't have children, I opened college savings accounts for my two nieces and one nephew. It's a college savings account, but I won't force them into college; they can do what they want. I hope ...

Curious how much money Americans keep in their checking and savings accounts? This data shows where you fall by age, household, and education level.

Nearly 3.7 million students and 667,000 newborns in California have money invested in a savings account to help pay for college. But most families don’t know the money is there. Citlali Lopez, a ...

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