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One of the biggest investments a student can make is pursuing a graduate degree. Today, more than ever before, more people are taking on a larger amount of debt for master’s programs. We at SoFi believe you should be able to focus on your degree, not your debt. With our newly launched SoFi Private Student Loans for graduate school, we want to help you get low-rate loans that you can pay back on your own terms.

Just like our undergraduate student loans, launched earlier this year, our graduate school loans have no fees, competitive rates, flexible repayment options (deferred, interest-only, partial, and immediate), and a mobile-first experience. In addition to this, those pursuing their MBA or law degree will have access to specialty graduate pricing.

Believe it or not, this month marks the halfway point of 2019. Have you achieved the goals you’ve set out to tackle this year? Or have you long forgotten your New Year’s resolutions? Whatever the case, we know it can be easy to fall off the wagon and not hold yourself accountable to your yearly goals.

At SoFi, we want to be your accountability partner and help you set, and actually achieve, your goals, especially when it comes to your career goals. We know that getting your career right opens up the possibility to earn more and put that money toward your financial goals.

That’s why we’re hosting “Goal Getters,” a special event in New York City on Wednesday, June 26th with special guests Ryan Serhant of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing New York and NBA on TNT’s Rosalyn Gold-Onwude. They are two successful goal-getters in their own right and will share their secrets to success, as well as how they’ve overcome obstacles along the way.

Tariffs, IPOs…and Salty Chips

May. Springtime. Three-day weekends. It’s usually a time to celebrate Star Wars, not initiate trade wars, but that’s not how it went down this year. That, plus some chip drama and some new murmurs about Bitcoin made for a spicier-than-usual month in the markets. On top of that, the IPOs kept popping. Yep, 2019 has been ripe so far for some delicious market news.

First came SoFi’s fee-waived* ETFs, SoFi Select 500 ETF (ticker: SFY) and SoFi Next 500 ETF (ticker: SFYX), providing our members access to diversified US equity for only $10 per share.

Then came the SoFi Gig Economy ETF (ticker: GIGE), a first-of-its-kind thematic ETF focused on the companies revolutionizing how individuals live and work. SoFi is now excited to highlight the fourth ETF in our line-up: the SoFi 50 ETF (ticker: SFYF).

Groupon or GrubHub? Square or Paypal? eBay or Etsy? Who will win our business may be up for debate, but the question of how the gig economy is changing the future of work and commerce certainly is not.

When you think about the Gig Economy, you may immediately think of Lyft drivers and short-term rental hosts, but there are many other players and companies helping to make this shift in the workforce a permanent fixture of everyone’s daily lives to bring you what you want, when you want it.