The Arizona Family College Savings Program offers a variety of investment choices including both FDIC insured CD’s and Mutual Funds. The AZ 529 Plan offers college savings options to meet your specific investment style and risk tolerance through two direct to consumer sold program partners and a financial adviser-sold program manager.
What Is a CD?
529 Plan CDs are similar to savings accounts and traditional bank CDs in that they have a fixed or variable interest rate for a certain term and are FDIC-insured up to $250K. The difference is that 529 CD interest earnings is tax deferred and tax free if used for qualified college expenses.
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What Is a Mutual Fund?
A mutual fund is a grouping of stocks, bonds, cash investments or a combination of these options in which individuals hold shares. Mutual funds are professionally managed by a fund manager or managers.
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What Is a Direct-Sold
Program Manager?
Direct-Sold program managers offer families the option to enroll in a 529 Plan directly by contacting one of our direct-sold program managers or easily enroll online. The Arizona 529 Plan’s direct-sold program managers include Fidelity Investments and College Savings Bank.
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What Is an Advisor-Sold
Program Manager?
Advisor-Sold program managers offer families the option to work one-on-one with a financial advisor and plan the appropriate investment strategy. Ivy Funds' parent company Waddell & Reed is the Arizona 529 Plan’s advisor-sold program manager. College Savings Bank also offers advisor-sold savings options through participating financial advisors.
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One State Plan, Three Great Choices
The AFCSP currently offers an array of investment choices to meet your specific investment style and risk tolerance through two distinct direct-sold providers and an adviser-sold provider.
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Financial Advisor Sold |
College Savings Bank offers three direct-sold FDIC insured Certificates of Deposits (CD’s)
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Fidelity offers direct-sold age-based asset allocation, static, as well as individual mutual fund portfolios
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Ivy Funds InvestEd 529 Plan, offers advisor-sold age-based asset allocation, static and Individual mutual fund portfolios
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"Brain Surgeon"
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The Arizona Family College Savings Plan is not insured by the State of Arizona or any of the program providers. Neither the principal deposited nor the investment return is guaranteed by the State of Arizona or the program providers.
