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Section 529 Plans

Section 529 Higher Education Savings Plans
An effective way to invest for college?

Jeffrey Altieri

Abstract

This paper is about the Section 529 higher education savings plans that allow family members to receive certain tax breaks while investing for a child's higher education. The data used in this study is the historical rate of return on a Connecticut 529 plan versus the benchmark, the S&P 500. The time period covered was the inception of this plan starting in 2002 up to the start of research on this study, the end of September, 2004. The tests show that although this particular 529 plan offers tax benefits that could help in investing for higher education, that this particular plan failed to outperform the market during the period observed. Therefore it is my conclusion that there are better investment options on the market to invest in a child's higher education than this Connecticut 529 savings plan. This study may lead to further observation of other......


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