Advisors' Roundup - April 24, 2015

What caught my attention this week:

That free community college thing? Not so fast:
FiveThirtyEight

Where's the biggest threat to your portfolio? In the mirror:
The Reformed Broker

Think you're ready for retirement? Try a dress rehearsal first:
Fortune

Advisors' Roundup - April 17, 2015

Grabbing my attention this week:

It's expenses, expenses, expenses:
The Reformed Broker

Yikes! Over 30% of student loan borrowers in payment status are behind on their payments:
WSJ

Deciphering those Financial Aid letters:
The College Solution

Advisors' Roundup - April 10, 2015

Articles from this week:

So that's why college costs so much:
NY Times

Or maybe it's those nice digs kids have these days:
Hechinger Report

And in economics - even perfect information doesn't help:
The Irrelevant Investor

Advisors' Roundup - April 3, 2015

Grabbing my attention this week:

Index fund investors are more likely to close the behavior gap
Market Watch

FICO to create credit scores for people currently outside the system
FiveThirtyEight

Deciphering college financial aid offers
The College Solution

Completed Trade

John Dutemple bought, for a family account, 850 units of iPath S&P 500 VIX ST Futures ETN (VXX) with a limit order.