I can't say I did a TON of research, we ended up with brightstart (and an out-of-state one) simply because our planner recommended it. but now that you mentioned college illinois, that sounds like an excellent idea as college tuition inflation is going up almost as crazily as health care. I'm going to have to look into this more, and maybe add the other one!
plus, both illinois plans have the additional (though limited) advantage of a state tax write-off. (though lots of folks believe the out-of-state ones perform better and over the long-run overtake that write-off benefit)
The question I'm thinking through right now is: based on where the economy is right now, should I pull back on investments or accelerate them? I don't that supposedly long-term it won't matter, but I'm guessing this recession is gonna beat down stock prices for at least 12 months.
interesting, I didn't know that
I can't say I did a TON of research, we ended up with brightstart (and an out-of-state one) simply because our planner recommended it. but now that you mentioned college illinois, that sounds like an excellent idea as college tuition inflation is going up almost as crazily as health care. I'm going to have to look into this more, and maybe add the other one!
plus, both illinois plans have the additional (though limited) advantage of a state tax write-off. (though lots of folks believe the out-of-state ones perform better and over the long-run overtake that write-off benefit)
The question I'm thinking through right now is: based on where the economy is right now, should I pull back on investments or accelerate them? I don't that supposedly long-term it won't matter, but I'm guessing this recession is gonna beat down stock prices for at least 12 months.