Colin Graves
Freelance Managing Editor at Wallet Hacks
Freelance Managing Editor at Maple Money
Financial Writer/Managing Editor @WalletHacks/ @MapleMoneycom/ @RetireHappyBlog /Editor @CollegeInvestin
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3 days ago |
thecollegeinvestor.com | Robert Farrington |Colin Graves
Federal student loan collections will resume May 5, ending a five-year pause that began in March 2020. Borrowers in default will face wage garnishment and tax refund offsets if they don’t take action to resolve their loans. The Department of Education is launching a nationwide outreach effort to alert borrowers and offer tools to help them return to repayment.
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3 days ago |
thecollegeinvestor.com | Robert Farrington |Colin Graves
The Dow fell nearly 1,000 points Monday as stocks responded to growing uncertainty over Trump’s tariff policy and threats toward the Fed. Investor confidence in the dollar and U.S. institutions is weakening, with the dollar hitting a three-year low. Safe havens like gold and bitcoin are climbing, as market watchers brace for more policy shocks and rate uncertainty.
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4 days ago |
thecollegeinvestor.com | Colin Graves
FAFSA completions are up 60% year-over-year, a 15-point increase from last year’s class. Despite progress, completion rates remain below pre-2021 levels. Tennessee leads all states in completion rates, while Oklahoma and Nevada posted the largest year-over-year gains. FAFSA completions for the high school class of 2025 have surged.
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4 days ago |
thecollegeinvestor.com | Colin Graves
Your aid package is not guaranteed to remain the same if you defer or take a gap year. Your need-based aid is recalculated annually, and merit aid deferment is based on school policies. If you take college classes elsewhere during a deferment, you also risk losing aid. With the stock market fluctuating and new tariffs raising concerns about family finances, some families are re-thinking the college decision (at least in the short term).
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5 days ago |
thecollegeinvestor.com | Colin Graves
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