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How Inflation Eats Your College Savings Plan
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into a fresh angle: college savings. With the cost of a four-year degree rising faster than the general inflation rate, 529 plans and Coverdell accounts are quietly losing ground. Lucas breaks down the numbers — tuition inflation has historically run two to three percentage points above CPI — and why the standard advice to 'just invest in a target-date fund' may not be enough. He and Luna explore the trade-offs of prepaid tuition plans, the impact of the recent 529-to-Roth rollover rule, and how the current…
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