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1 week ago | advisorstream.com | Matt Grossman |Oyin Adedoyin |Ron Phillips

By Matt Grossman and Oyin Adedoyin May 5, 2025 The Trump administration is starting to put millions of defaulted student-loan borrowers into collections and threatening to confiscate their wages, tax refunds and federal benefits. There are some five million borrowers whose loans are in default, many of whom haven’t made regular payments since the pandemic. Millions more are on the cusp of default, according to the Education Department.

1 week ago | advisorstream.com | Steve Garmhausen |Ron Phillips

By Steve Garmhausen May 2, 2025 It’s a big mistake to think of women as a niche wealth management market, says Kara Duckworth. “Women are not a niche—they are more than half of the population—but they have some needs that may be different,” says Duckworth, who is managing director of client experience at $69 billion-asset Mercer Advisors, in Denver, which was .

1 week ago | advisorstream.com | Barbara Peterson |Ron Phillips

By Barbara Peterson May 2, 2025 Booking a vacation with a budget in mind means you’ll try anything to get the best price. Here, the trip-planning myths to disregard:  Myth: Tuesday is the best day to book the cheapest airfare. Once grounded in reality, this shibboleth dates back to when plane reservations relied on manual intervention.

2 weeks ago | advisorstream.com | Deborah Acosta |Ron Phillips

By Deborah Acosta April 22, 2025 Florida is contending with a condo crisis, and the ballooning costs of ownership are a big reason why. Retirees Rob and Karen Dickson moved from upstate New York to Punta Gorda, Fla., in 2021. They paid $319,000 for a condo with a terrace on the third floor, overlooking a golf course inside their gated community. After nine holes, they would have lunch at the club and then go for a swim. “It was wildly affordable,” Rob said.

3 weeks ago | advisorstream.com | Andrew Beaton |Ron Phillips

By Andrew Beaton April 17, 2025 Augusta National has long held itself up as the American keeper of the spirit of golf. So it echoed loudly around the sport last week when club chairman Fred Ridley went out of his way to address one of the sensitive issues driving a wedge through the game: painfully slow rounds of golf. “Playing without undue delay, as the rules and the game’s traditions dictate, is an essential skill of golf at all levels,” Ridley said.