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About Retirement GuruRetirement Guru is licensed to give financial advice in all 50 states plus some. Currently employed at a large financial institution, Retirement Guru brings to us the latest news, laws, tips and advice regarding our retirement accounts. Retirement Guru can answer any of your questions: retirementguru@collegefinance101.com
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Surviving Finals Week: Eat Right To Help Your Brain
By Retirement Guru on December 8, 2008 | 1 Comment
Finals week isn’t really about how much chemistry you’re going to use when you get into the “real world” nor is it an actual test of chemistry at all. Since most finals are standardized tests, it’s usually a week of professors seeing who’s going to crack under the... -
Balance The Checkbook: Avoid The FeesBy Retirement Guru on December 3, 2008 | No Comments
I’ve been getting requests to talk about strategies to balancing your checkbook. Mostly because people are sick of paying fees out of their bank account. One incident can easily cost in the hundreds of dollars. Here’s the run down: Banks make money off of overdraft fees, but a lot of peo... -
Textbooks: The More You Know, The BetterBy Retirement Guru on November 16, 2008 | 1 Comment
As if college wasn’t expensive and frustrating enough, students are forced to deal with the increasing cost of textbooks. Textbooks are overpriced and they become obsolete with every new edition that comes out. You shouldn’t have to deal with the battle of textbooks when you’re bat... -
ObamanomicsBy Retirement Guru on November 12, 2008 | No Comments
Now that we have a president-elect, we can start to get an idea of what will happen to the economy. Obama hasn’t been specific in terms of how he’s going to accomplish (or pay for) a lot of these things, and it will be interesting to see how Congress tries to change his ideas once they h... -
Four More Ways To Save On TextbooksBy Retirement Guru on November 5, 2008 | 4 Comments
This book racket is a huge problem, but there are a lot of alternatives to the traditional approach to buying textbooks and selling them back for not nearly what they are worth. Digital textbooks You’ve all heard of the Kindle right? It’s a very cool gadget that has digital copies of boo... -
Four Ways to Save Money in Your Crappy College HouseBy Retirement Guru on October 26, 2008 | 6 Comments
The Retirement Guru says… One of the best ways to save money while in college is to limit your credit card debt and to budget your income and expenses. But there are more not-so-obvious ways to save money in college. One of the best way to save money is to live in an older house, that usually ... -
Save Money With International Versions Of TextbooksBy Retirement Guru on October 20, 2008 | 2 Comments
The Retirement Guru says… you could buy textbooks at half price… International Editions. What are they? International Editions are just what they say they are. They are the editions of the textbooks that are designed to be sold internationally. To learn about how the textbook industry wo... -
Economic Issues For Presidential HopefulsBy Retirement Guru on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment
The Retirement Guru says… We should take a look at what Obama or McCain would mean for our struggling economy. They have two different styles of how to create jobs, but they’re basically the same with deficit spending. So, if you’re only looking at the two of them (even though you... -
Evaluating Job Offers: How Much Do You Really Get Pai...By Retirement Guru on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment
The Retirement Guru says…. When you’re thinking about taking a job fresh out of college, recruiters always talk about salary. The problem is, salary for many people doesn’t make up as much of total compensation as you might think. Here’s a breakdown of what goes into a job of... -
FAQ Retirement Questions: AnsweredBy Retirement Guru on September 8, 2008 | No Comments
The Retirement Guru says… Here are some of the most common questions I have received so far from people between 20-27: How much should I save? There is no specific percentage that you should be saving. The real answer is as much as you can. The problem is, clients don’t want to hear that...
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