Well, here is a switch! Some colleges are cutting costs because of lack of enrollment. How about that. See this posting in The Christian Science Monitor by Andrea Burzynski from Reuters:http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0516/Colleges-offer-discounts-but-you-have-to-lookIt is about time that colleges find ways to make education more affordable – all they have been doing recently it seems is raising tuition!For financial, accounting and tax musings,You can count on us to count for you! email bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net phone 818-317-6035 Website www.briantstonercpa.com
CPA Financial Musings: What’s in millennials’ wallets? Fewer credit cards
A lot more young people in the US are not spending as much as this group used to (a good thing for them!) See this article in the Los Angeles Times by Emily Alpert:http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/18/local/la-me-credit-cards-millennials-20130519Being wise with your money and not over-spending will help them in the future since they will need to think about retirement and other items for children and other future goals. For financial, accounting and tax musings,You can count on us to count for you! email bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net phone 818-317-6035 Website www.briantstonercpa.com
CPA Financial Musings: Google Wallet: Gen Y credit card?
Will the new generation that no longer carries cash very often find appeal in emailing money everywhere? See this article in The Wall Street Journal Marketwatch by Quentin Fottrell to get more details on Google Wallet, Google’s mobile payment system:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-wallet-gen-y-credit-card-2013-05-17I guess I am just an old timer, but sending money around by mobile phone seems to be more like sending it by paper airplane – just give me my computer and online billpay (I know in my head there is no real difference, but am still nervous about mobile security – look how much trouble computer hacking is, and phones, which are little computers, have much less security than computers) just like in the good old days.For financial, accounting and tax musings,You can count on us to count for you! email bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net phone 818-317-6035 Website www.briantstonercpa.com