Comments on: Savvy Ways to Invest for College http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/ Putting my Financial House in Order Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:37:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Catch a Gideon http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-3095 Catch a Gideon Thu, 07 Dec 2006 16:02:25 +0000 http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-3095 529s are great because you can transfer them to someone else if you don't use the money. I covered <a href="http://www.catchagideon.com/2006/11/21/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/" rel="nofollow">Savvy ways to save for college</a> as well. 529s are great because you can transfer them to someone else if you don’t use the money. I covered Savvy ways to save for college as well.

]]> By: Free Money Finance http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-2026 Free Money Finance Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:20:52 +0000 http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-2026 <strong>Star Money Articles for the Week of Oct. 23...</strong> Here are interesting posts and news this week from the MoneyBlogNetwork members and beyond: AllFinancialMatters wants to know who pays $300 for a purse. MightyBargainHunter is working on setting financial goals. Five Cent Nickel offers thoughts on chec... Star Money Articles for the Week of Oct. 23…

Here are interesting posts and news this week from the MoneyBlogNetwork members and beyond: AllFinancialMatters wants to know who pays $300 for a purse. MightyBargainHunter is working on setting financial goals. Five Cent Nickel offers thoughts on chec…

]]> By: FIRE Finance http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-1979 FIRE Finance Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:01:34 +0000 http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-1979 <strong>Book Review - The Bogleheads' Guide To Investing...</strong> AllFinancialMatters has started a remarkable project named "The Boggleheads' October Project". In this project a group of 23 personal finance bloggers are reviewing each of the 23 chapters of the book "The Bogleheads' Guide To Investing". The goa... Book Review - The Bogleheads’ Guide To Investing…

AllFinancialMatters has started a remarkable project named “The Boggleheads’ October Project”. In this project a group of 23 personal finance bloggers are reviewing each of the 23 chapters of the book “The Bogleheads’ Guide To Investing”. The goa…

]]> By: fivecentnickel.com http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-1974 fivecentnickel.com Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:30:34 +0000 http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-1974 <strong>Weekly Roundup - 10/20/06...</strong> Here’s a quick look at posts that caught my eye over the past week (better late than never)… JLP has a nice post on building wealth with other people’s money. Jim gives us the skinny on paying estimated taxes on a quarterly basis. F... Weekly Roundup - 10/20/06…

Here’s a quick look at posts that caught my eye over the past week (better late than never)…

JLP has a nice post on building wealth with other people’s money.
Jim gives us the skinny on paying estimated taxes on a quarterly basis.
F…

]]> By: Tiredbuthappy http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-1963 Tiredbuthappy Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:46:16 +0000 http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-1963 Upromise--Why not sign up? Believe me, the amount of savings you accrue is extremely small, but as long as you don't mind having yet another company tracking your shopping habits, you might as well join up and register your grocery cards. I looked into Littlegrad and Babymint a while back but Upromise seemed to have an exponentially larger number of merchants as affiliates. I haven't looked into them in a long time, though. See also Fidelity's credit card that offers 2% cashback deposited directly into a Fidelity 529. Again, you'll still have to save a lot for college on your own, but passive saving can help a little bit. One of the best web resources for this is savingforcollege.com. They want you to pay for some stuff on the site, but I've never paid them a dime and have gotten good info there. Upromise–Why not sign up? Believe me, the amount of savings you accrue is extremely small, but as long as you don’t mind having yet another company tracking your shopping habits, you might as well join up and register your grocery cards.

I looked into Littlegrad and Babymint a while back but Upromise seemed to have an exponentially larger number of merchants as affiliates. I haven’t looked into them in a long time, though.

See also Fidelity’s credit card that offers 2% cashback deposited directly into a Fidelity 529. Again, you’ll still have to save a lot for college on your own, but passive saving can help a little bit.

One of the best web resources for this is savingforcollege.com. They want you to pay for some stuff on the site, but I’ve never paid them a dime and have gotten good info there.

]]> By: Jason http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-1941 Jason Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:18:25 +0000 http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-1941 I have been planning to sign up for Upromise for awhile now but haven't gotten around to it. It appears to be free so I don't see any reason not too. I am not sure how much they earn but every little bit helps. I am not familiar with little grad...is it similar to Upromise? I have been planning to sign up for Upromise for awhile now but haven’t gotten around to it. It appears to be free so I don’t see any reason not too. I am not sure how much they earn but every little bit helps.

I am not familiar with little grad…is it similar to Upromise?

]]> By: John Miller http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-1925 John Miller Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:52:19 +0000 http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-1925 great info here. im thinking of opening at 529 plan for soon to be born son. what do you think of those savings for college companies through shopping like little grad and upomise? thanks for your response. great info here. im thinking of opening at 529 plan for soon to be born son. what do you think of those savings for college companies through shopping like little grad and upomise? thanks for your response.

]]> By: AllFinancialMatters » Blog Archive » Bogleheads’ October Project - Chapter 14 http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-1922 AllFinancialMatters » Blog Archive » Bogleheads’ October Project - Chapter 14 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:59:32 +0000 http://www.pragmaticfinance.com/savvy-ways-to-invest-for-college/#comment-1922 [...] We have now passed the halfway point in the Bogleheads’ October Project, a chapter-by-chapter, blogger-by-blogger review of The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing. We didn’t have a chapter review yesterday so we’ll have two today. The first review is Jason’s review of Chapter 14 - Savvy Ways to Invest for College. Later today I’ll J.D. of GetRichSlowly’s review of Chapter 15 - How to Manage a Windfall Successfully. Bookmark to:            [link] [...] […] We have now passed the halfway point in the Bogleheads’ October Project, a chapter-by-chapter, blogger-by-blogger review of The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing. We didn’t have a chapter review yesterday so we’ll have two today. The first review is Jason’s review of Chapter 14 - Savvy Ways to Invest for College. Later today I’ll J.D. of GetRichSlowly’s review of Chapter 15 - How to Manage a Windfall Successfully. Bookmark to:            [link] […]

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