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On August 24th, 2022, President Biden announced his Student Loan Forgiveness Plan which has been long awaited by many strapped with thousands in student loan debt. Applications for borrowers to fill out are now live, and as of November 3rd, twenty-six million have applied.¹ There are still legal hurdles that need to be cleared for the forgiveness to actually take place. But, with all of the news on student loans, this is a great opportunity to discuss utilizing a 529 plan to help pay off that remaining balance.

Procrastination is a quiet yet effective enemy to all of our ambitions - especially our most meaningful and rewarding ambitions that require a long period of sustained thought, discipline, and effort to convert from pure mental desires into physical realities. Furthermore, it is essentially impossible to avoid procrastinating on the necessary actions/decisions that contribute to accomplishing a pleasant desire while lacking awareness of the cause-effect relationships that enable the realization of the desire. Although someone may not be seemingly procrastinating in the general sense while engaging in unnecessary (unproductive) actions to achieve a desire - they are unknowingly procrastinating on the necessary (productive) actions by lacking awareness of such actions (causes) involved in the cause-effect relationships.

It’s no secret that student loan debt is a major problem in this country. Even with recent efforts to relieve many federal borrowers of some of their debt, many individuals that are now having babies and raising children are still paying down massive student loans. As a result, parents and grandparents are thinking more proactively about saving and planning for college expenses.

I have heard and read arguments by very financially astute individuals that it is unnecessary to purchase life insurance on an infant because they do not produce an economic value. Another way of saying that is because the infant does not produce an income there is no loss of income to insure against. I believe that argument is completely and utterly ridiculous.

Throughout our lives, we are advised to save for college, retirement, or unexpected emergencies. While these are all important things to save for, this ignores a lot of opportunities and creates a big gap in savings. What about the many things that could come up in the next 20 years?

It's that time of year again where most Chrysler employees will be eligible to receive their annual profit-sharing check on March 15th. This year, approximately 43,000 U.S. hourly workers will receive up to $8,010 in profit sharing. This is a major annual event that occurs for most Chrysler employees. If you are looking for ways to maximize this benefit beyond its fullest potential here are a few tips:

It's that time of year again where most Ford Motor Company employees will be eligible to receive their annual profit-sharing check on March 10th. This year, approximately 56,000 U.S. hourly workers will receive up to $7,377 in profit sharing. This is a major annual event that occurs for most Ford Motor Company employees. If you are looking for ways to maximize this benefit beyond its fullest potential here are a few tips:

It's that time of year again where most General Motors employees will be eligible to receive their annual profit-sharing check on February 25th. This year, approximately 42,500 U.S. hourly workers will receive up to $10,250 in profit sharing. This is a major annual event that occurs for most General Motors employees. If you are looking for ways to maximize this benefit beyond its fullest potential here are a few tips: