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Money Magazine: Wanted: Free financial advice

Question: I am reluctant to get a financial planner. Will they do an analysis of your portfolio? Does that commit me to use them? How do you get their advice without hiring them as a financial planner?

Money Magazine: Do I really need a 'CFP'?

Question: I'm looking for a financial planner. Should I find one with who is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP)?

CNNMoney: Recession-proof job: personal financial adviser

A lot of jobs are in trouble in today's tough climate, but doom and gloom are the bread and butter of a personal financial planner.

What to do when your kids' college fund is tanking

The stock market hasn't been kind to investors in recent months, and that could be taking a toll on the Section 529 college savings accounts that many parents have set up for their kids. But families need to think carefully before tinkering too much with these tax-favored plans.

Money Magazine: Your kid's in college! So... how will you pay?

Patrick and Laura Matheny began saving early for their children's college education. After stashing some $50,000 in college savings accounts for their son Daniel, now 20, and their daughter Natalie, 18, they began paying down their mortgage in earnest with the intention of tapping their home equity once the bills began rolling in.

CNNMoney: Student loan turmoil stresses families

Paying for college is rarely easy, but this year parents and students could have a tougher time securing the necessary financing.

Fortune: How to shop for student loans

As college acceptance letters arrive this month, families will be celebrating the good news (we hope!), then bracing for the grueling process of figuring out how to pay for four years' tuition.

Money Magazine: One family, two portfolios

At first glance, Justin and Kim Ritchie seem in perfect financial sync. The couple, who grew up on the same street in Georgia and both went to college in Atlanta, are saving more than half of their combined six-figure income so they can buy a bigger house in their hometown of Bonaire, Ga., cover college tuition costs for sons Giuseppe, 2, and Gianluca, 1, and retire together before they hit 60.

Student loan debt -- how to get relief

We can all count on the certainty of death and taxes. But many of us can add student loan debt to that list. The average student graduates with about $21,000 in debt these days.

CNNMoney: Loan crisis goes to college

The credit crunch is hitting the college classroom.

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