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On-Demand Webinar

Your Personal Finance for Teachers: Making Informed Decisions Around Current Events

Time: 60 mins,
Presenter: Tawni Ferrarini
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Objective

Teachers will be able to:

  • Review how key macroeconomic events affect bonds, stocks and other investment vehicles.
  • Analyze steps to mitigate risks and moderate potential swings in returns.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Financial Investments, Saving

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In this personal finance webinar, predict how current events can likely impact various returns and risks of investment portfolios.

Description

This interactive session will ask participants to first identify the key features different across common investment tools typically used to fund retirement; We will then evaluate how each performs in different macroeconomic situations. Finally, let’s consider how current events will likely impact saving and investing strategies.

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