Malosi and I are hanging out in the kitchen letting mom get some much needed rest, so we decided to finish our research on college savings plan.  After about 4 hours of weeding through many websites and Malosi loosing her pasi 8 times, she’s snoring now, I've finally landed on her college savings plan, USAA 529 College Savings Plan.

This was my first choice just because I’m a raving fan of USAA and their unparalleled customer service.  But, since I know little to nothing about 529's I decided to see what the market says about it.  It turns out to be pretty good.

• Here's a 529 Morningstar report dated 11/1/10 that's very extensive.  If you're short on time go to page 46.

  Article:  http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=356474  

  Report:  http://news.morningstar.com/pdfs/Morningstar.529.Industry.Survey.11.1.10.pdf

• Savingforcollege.com ranked the USAA plan a little higher

  http://www.savingforcollege.com/articles/2010-plan-performance-rankings-q4

• This site didn’t rate USAA, but was helpful nonetheless

  http://portfolioist.com/2010/10/28/making-sense-of-529-college-savings-plan/#fulllist

• College Savings Plan Network has a handy comparison tool:

  http://www.collegesavings.org/planComparisonState.aspx

• The SEC’s explanation of 529plans:

  http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/intro529.htm

 She is obviously ecstatic about all this.