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Articles by Kent Smetters

Kent Smetters is a Boettner Chair Professor at The Wharton School. He is also co-founder of Veritat Advisors that provides comprehensive, honest and affordable financial planning to middle-class households. You can receive a free financial assessment of your current situation, with absolutely no obligation, from www.Veritat.com.

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A Trusted Expert Answers Your Questions on Savings Accounts

by Kent Smetters April 11, 2012

savings accounts

What is the best savings plan/account out there for a single mother just finishing grad school and re-entering the workforce full time? Of course, I am assuming that you are already taking full advantage of any matching retirement account provided by your employer. If not, that’s likely your first stop, even if you are not [...]

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A Trusted Expert Answers Your Questions on 529 College Savings Plans

by Kent Smetters February 3, 2012

529 Plan

If I don’t want to take part in a 529 college savings plan, what are some of my other options? A 529 plan is an education savings plan into which you make deposits from your after-tax money but your assets grow tax free. It is very much like a Roth IRA, but for education savings [...]

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