What is Pay As You Earn? Pay As You Earn is a repayment plan for eligible Direct Loans that is designed to limit your required monthly payment to an amount that is affordable based on your income and family size.…
Debt, student loans
Sen. Warren Introduces the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act
by Eric Carnegie •
Senator Warren Introduces the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, her first piece of stand-alone legislation, on May 8, 2013. The bill would would students who are eligible for federally subsidized Stafford loans to borrow at the same rate the…
my crazy life
Book Review: Personal Bankruptcy Laws — Chapter 2
by Rebecca Douglas •
I am doing a chapter by chapter review of the book Personal Bankruptcy Laws For Dummies by James P. Caher and John M. Caher. Today I review Chapter 2. Chapter 2 is all about not making matters worse. If you’re considering…
investing
Why I Hate Mutual Funds
by Eric Carnegie •
As I am on the subject of stock investing and personal investment performance, I just want to vent it out and tell why I have hate mutual funds so much. Given the options of investing in mutual funds, index funds,…
investing, my crazy life
My Personal Investment Performance Beats the Stock Market Hands Down
by Eric Carnegie •
As I promised, I would share my investment performance numbers in due time. Today is the 15th of the month of May 2013, my brokerage made available the performance numbers of my investments. As you will find out soon, I…