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The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Time Is Running Out for Student Borrowers Interest rates for student loan programs are expected to rise significantly on July 1, and that means the ultimate cost to borrowers will be going up. You can avoid this fiscal trouble, though, by consolidating your student loans.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Deadline Looms for Consolidating Loans If you've got a bunch of student loans, consider consolidating them. You have until June 30 to do so at the current low-low-low interest rates.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Consolidate Those Loans Right Now! Save money on your student loans by locking in a low rate.
Registered Rep. August 24, 2015 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	Tackling Student Debt Because high levels of student loan debt are far more common than they used to be, you should expect queries from clients about how to minimize their own balances, in addition to those of their grown children.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Get Record-Low Rates This is a great time to consolidate your student loans and save money.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Pay Less on Your Student Loans Should you consolidate your loans? Take the time to understand all the pros and cons before you choose what to do.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Study Your College Loan Options Know when to use a private or a federal loan to pay your tuition bill.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Find the Right Student Loan College loans come in many varieties. Some have very attractive provisions and guarantees, but others can spell trouble for even the most responsible young adults.
BusinessWeek May 1, 2008	Navigating the Crunch A financial aid expert explains how borrowers can best ride it out.
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn	College Loans Say Uncle The new law excluding banks from making federal education loans should be a PLUS for borrowers who can now turn to the Bank of Uncle Sam.
Registered Rep. August 25, 2014 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	The Most Attractive Student Loans Since many families will need help to cover some of their costs, it's important that advisors be equipped with the basics about borrowing for college. Here are some critical things that you need to know about student loans.
Financial Planning August 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn	College Refinancing 101 After the gold rush of mid-2006, consolidating old student loans is no longer a slam dunk. Here's what financial planners can do to help.
BusinessWeek January 30, 2006 Aaron Pressman	Student Loans: Outflank The Hikes Ahead Student loan interest rates are going up on June 30, but there are ways to cushion the blow.
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn	Seeing Red Sallie Mae, the leading lender to college students, reported a $1.6 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2007. Sallie Mae isn't the only student lender that has been bloodied recently. Students and parents need to be cautious when looking for student loans.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Dan Caplinger	The Smartest Move Colleges Ever Made Eliminating the middleman serves both schools and students. Colleges are at least making the right response to the credit crisis by making loans directly to their students.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Financial Aid to Be Slashed If you're a college student, a prospective college student, or the parent of some such person, take note: Congress is looking to pass the largest cut in student financial aid in American history. But college can still be affordable -- if you plan ahead now.
BusinessWeek November 14, 2005	Federal vs. Private Loans At a glance, here's how federal and private student loans differ.
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Andrew Ackerman	DOE Supports Loans The U.S. Department of Education plans to provide liquidity support to the student loan market.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008 Kevin McKinley	College Credit Parents reluctantly turn to public and private education loans. Their reticence is unfounded though, because it's much better to borrow money to pay for college than to not go at all.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2008 Kevin McKinley	Student Loans At A Trickle Dozens of education loan providers have either scaled back their lending operations, or announced a departure from the business altogether.
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The Motley Fool June 4, 2010 Hope Nelson-Pope	College Graduates, Lifelong Debtors? Thousands of students are mired in debt. Who's to blame?
Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	Seven Ways to Borrow for College Look for borrower protection, consider credit unions and apply for multiple loans.
BusinessWeek May 19, 2011 Sarah Mulholland	Sallie Mae Makes a Surprising Comeback Supported by cash from its $146 billion government loan portfolio, Sallie Mae aims to build its private student lending business.
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BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 Ben Elgin	Study Now--And Pay And Pay And Pay Later Thousands of low-income adults borrow at high interest rates to go back to school to learn new skills. Many end up falling into a debt spiral.
BusinessWeek November 14, 2005 Lindsey Gerdes	The Private-Loan Dilemma Unable to borrow enough via the federal government, more students are turning to other lenders, which can be a risky last resort.
AskMen.com Michael Estrin	7 Things to Remember When Borrowing Money Whether you're starting a small business, remodeling your home or just paying some bills, from time to time you'll need to borrow money. When your time comes, here are some things to consider.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2006 Dan Caplinger	The Negative Amortization Trap Negative amortization loans are the only way some homeowners can buy their homes, but they present a trap for the unwary. Only by managing your finances carefully can you avoid a potentially disastrous result.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Congress Makes College Loans Cheaper? Some students may see a cut in their college loan interest rates.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2011 Dayana Yochim	4 Things Missing From Your Financial Aid Offer There's a lot of money hiding between the lines of those college aid letters.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2005 Dayana Yochim	Die, Student Loan, Die Don't move from the ivory tower right into debtor's prison. When it comes to paying off debt, do a side-by-side interest-rate comparison to see which loan you should kill off first.
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The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Avoid the Loan Sharks For those with less-than-perfect credit histories, there's a scary trend in personal finance these days. In the name of convenience, some borrowers are digging themselves into a hole from which they may never emerge.
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InternetNews March 30, 2010	Student Loan Guarantor Hit With Data Breach After theft of a portable media device, federal student loan group Educational Credit Management Corp. notifies 3.3 million borrowers that their information is at risk.
AskMen.com March 4, 2001 Luis Rodrigues	The Truth About Bank Loans When the time comes to borrow money from the bank to buy a house, a car or start a business, people still get extremely stressed about meeting with the banking loans officer...
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The Motley Fool September 5, 2007 Todd Wenning	Student Loans or Stocks? Recent college grads face an important financial decision: Should I pay down my student loans or invest in stocks?
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