Apr 06, 2018

What I'm Reading This Weekend (April 7-8)

What I’m Reading This Weekend (April 7-8)

This week's reads include an International Final Four of higher ed financing, going cashless, Spotify's entrance on the stock market, and some information about potential trade wars.  There are also some reads on the connection between health and wealth, and information for teachers on repaying your own student loans.  Happy reading, and happy weekend!

 Personal Finance

  • We know payday lenders are bad….but not as bad as the bail bonds business.
  • Have you noticed your favorite businesses going cashless?  How much cash do you carry? Read how David Gelles of the New York Times decided to give the 
  • cashless lifestyle a try.
  • Budgets do help--the trick is to make a good one  and FOLLOW IT!
  • Unretirement? They had to come up with a word for those that retire and end up quickly back in the workforce.
  • An International Final Four compares student loans and repayment programs in four countries and comes up with a winner.

Investing

The Economy

Health (and Wealth)

For Teachers

  • First West Virginia, now Oklahoma and Kentucky.  Teachers striking for a well-deserved wages, but the strikes are about more than paychecks.
  • TEACH grants turning into loans? Hope this doesn’t happen to you.
    • More than 6 in 10 recipients of the TEACH Grant, created to attract instructors for high-need subjects in low-income schools, have seen those grants convert to loans after they fail to meet eligibility standards, Department of Education report finds.
  • Here is important information if you think you are following rules for public service loan forgiveness….the spending plan just passed included funds to help those that thought they were in compliance, but weren’t.
  • Not most recent but important….compare your experience with this teacher’s experience helping his students with mental health issues: In High School, the Kids Are Not All Right.

 



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