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Remember this scene? Your eighth-birthday party. Grandma slips you a small package. Your heart sinks: it's not a Walkman. Grandma leans in close. "It's a savings bond," she says with a wink. "It will help put you through college." That's still the way too many people plan to save for a child's education. Nearly all parents know savings bonds, and a lot have heard of education IRAs. But not nearly enough know about what could be one of the best investments for college: 529 plans...
...stereotype of Grandma and Grandpa going to the community center to take a basket-weaving class doesn't stand up," says Ann Kirschner, CEO of an online- education company called Fathom, which is set to launch this fall. "What people over 50 are looking for is expertise and social interaction, as well as convenience and cost. The Internet delivers that like no other medium...
...playing the Sunrise Musical Theatre in Sunrise, Fla. Are you going to rock my grandma's world...
...found out that Grandma was trading options on individual stocks, you would probably want to fire her broker. After all, the confusing world of "puts" and "calls," with its esoteric language and strategies, not to mention extreme levels of leverage, can bankrupt even accomplished speculators in a matter of days. So what on earth is Grandma doing putting on a "bull call spread...
...general, use options only in tandem with stocks in your portfolio--to lock in gains and protect against events like an earnings report or a court ruling. There are exceptions, like Grandma's bull-call spread. That's a fairly conservative play in which you buy one long-term call option and sell another at a higher strike price. You lock in most of the difference--though the stock must go up, and if it goes way up, you lose the excess gain. If you've got a big portfolio, odds are there is an options strategy for you. Talk...