Everyday Wealth

College is expensive, and in this segment, Jean and Soledad talk about the average costs and what considerations to make before choosing a college.

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We’re approaching graduation season so, in this episode of Everyday Wealth, Soledad O’Brien and Jean Chatzky explore the topic of planning and saving for college. Edelman Financial Engines wealth planner Rose Niang joins the conversation to discuss financial aid, scholarships and the best and worst ways to pay for college. Later in the episode, Jean, Soledad and Rose talk to a caller who has a question about 529 plans, and then Jean walks through her book How to Money.

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Neither Edelman Financial Engines, a division of Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C., nor its affiliates offer tax or legal advice. Interested parties are strongly encouraged to seek advice from qualified tax and/or legal experts regarding the best options for your particular circumstances.

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Mark from Connecticut called in to ask Jean, Soledad and Edelman Financial Engines wealth planner Brian Leslie about an IRA he inheritedThey provide Mark with some great options.

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Edelman Financial Engines wealth planner Brian Leslie joins Jean and Soledad to discuss the ins and outs of health savings accounts, including what they can be used for and how to invest the funds, which 91% of people don’t do!   

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More and more American investors have been googling I bonds and over the last six months have bought $11 billion worth of the bonds. Why? Jean and Soledad talk with Edelman Financial Engines wealth planner Brian Leslie about what I bonds are, why there’s so much interest in them and how they could potentially help you protect your wealth against inflation.

Investing strategies, such as asset allocation, diversification, or rebalancing do not assure or guarantee better performance and cannot eliminate the risk of investment losses. There are no guarantees that a portfolio employing these or any other strategy will outperform a portfolio that does not engage in such strategies. Funds and ETFs are subject to risk, including loss of principal. All investments have inherent risks. There can be no assurance that the investment strategy proposed will obtain its goal. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

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Brian Leslie from Edelman Financial Engines joins Soledad and Jean to discuss how to deal with the ups and downs caused by the current market volatility.

Dollar Cost Averaging does not assure a profit or protect against a loss in a declining market. For the strategy to be effective, you must continue to purchase shares in both up and down markets. As such, an investor needs to consider his/her financial ability to continuously invest through periods of low price levels.

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Jean and Soledad discuss the differences between the stock market and the economy, how to determine the health of the economy and why it shrank in the first quarter since consumers are still spending despite inflation.

Dollar Cost Averaging does not assure a profit or protect against a loss in a declining market. For the strategy to be effective, you must continue to purchase shares in both up and down markets. As such, an investor needs to consider his/her financial ability to continuously invest through periods of low price levels.

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In this episode of Everyday Wealth, Soledad O’Brien and Jean Chatzky are joined by Edelman Financial Engines wealth planner Brian Leslie to discuss different investment vehicles for your money, including I bonds, Treasury Inflation-Protected Security bonds, health savings accounts and more. Later in the episode, Jean, Soledad and Brian talk to a caller who has a question about what to do with an inherited IRA.

Callers are prerecorded and prescreened.

Dollar Cost Averaging does not assure a profit or protect against a loss in a declining market. For the strategy to be effective, you must continue to purchase shares in both up and down markets. As such, an investor needs to consider his/her financial ability to continuously invest through periods of low price levels.

Investing strategies, such as asset allocation, diversification, or rebalancing do not assure or guarantee better performance and cannot eliminate the risk of investment losses. There are no guarantees that a portfolio employing these or any other strategy will outperform a portfolio that does not engage in such strategies. Funds and ETFs are subject to risk, including loss of principal. All investments have inherent risks. There can be no assurance that the investment strategy proposed will obtain its goal. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Neither Edelman Financial Engines, a division of Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C., nor its affiliates offer tax or legal advice. Interested parties are strongly encouraged to seek advice from qualified tax and/or legal experts regarding the best options for your particular circumstances.

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Edelman Financial Engines Director of the Retirement Plans Division Jim Marx walks Jean and Soledad through a list of questions to ask a financial advisor about retirement plan benefit options for a small business.

Neither Edelman Financial Engines, a division of Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C., nor its affiliates offer tax or legal advice. Interested parties are strongly encouraged to seek advice from qualified tax and/or legal experts regarding the best options for your particular circumstances.

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Jean and Soledad are joined by Jim Marx, director of the Retirement Plans Division at Edelman Financial Engines, and Isabel Barrow, wealth planner at Edelman Financial Engines, to explain different types of retirement and 401(k) plans for small-business owners. 

Neither Edelman Financial Engines, a division of Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C., nor its affiliates offer tax or legal advice. Interested parties are strongly encouraged to seek advice from qualified tax and/or legal experts regarding the best options for your particular circumstances.

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