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SUGGESTED ANCHOR LEAD: THE LATEST RESEARCH SHOWS

CONSUMERS’ LACK OF FINANCIAL SOPHISTICATION IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. IN FACT, MOST AMERICAN WORKERS HAVE NOT EVEN TRIED TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH THEY WILL NEED TO SAVE FOR RETIREMENT, AND, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE, CONSUMERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOCIAL SECURITY IS NOT INTENDED TO BE THE ONLY SOURCE OF RETIREMENT INCOME. SO ARE AMERICANS IN DENIAL WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR FINANCIAL FUTURE? DANIELLE ADDAIR HAS THE LATEST ON A FREE PROGRAM THAT MIGHT HELP YOU MAKE BETTER FINANCIAL DECISIONS.

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People meeting with a financial counselor / IF GETTING YOUR FINANCIAL HOUSE IN ORDER—SAVING MORE AND INVESTING FOR THE FUTURE—IS ONE OF YOUR GOALS, YOU’RE NOT ALONE. RESEARCH SHOWS CONSUMERS’ LACK OF FINANCIAL SOPHISTICATION IS A SERIOUS, AND GROWING PROBLEM.
Mark Smith,
CPA, CIMA, CFP, PFS / “There are 80 million baby boomers going into retirement, and it’s projected that less than a third of them will have income equal to half of what they were earning.”
Consumers making purchases / according to the research, only half of the soon-to-be-retiring
boomers have saved 50-thousand dollars, while 15% have saved Nothing.
Evelyn Brust,
CAE, Foundation Trustee / “Even a nest-egg of a hundred thousand dollars, which sounds like a lot of money, will only leave an individual five thousand dollars a year to spend in their retirement.”
Crowd shots / it’s a pretty dire scenario. most american’s will not have enough cash to live the lifestyle they do now when they retire.
MOS
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seminar taking place / Now learning how to make smart financial and investment choices may be aS close aS YOUR local public library.
Two NONPROFITS - THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION and THE INVESTOR PROTECTION TRUST ARE LAUNCHING THE Investor Education @ your library® PROGRAM. THERE ARE MORE THAN SIXTEEN THOUSAND LIBRARIES NATIONWIDE, and MANY ARE READY TO OFFER FREE INVESTMENT SEMINARS for consumers who want to INVEST MORE WISELY.
Evelyn Brust,
CAE, Foundation Trustee / “The mistake most investors make is that they select an investment product first, such as a, a mutual fund that they’ve heard about or a stock that they’ve heard about, that’s backwards. The first step is to determine how much money you should have in stocks, how much money you should have in bonds, how much you should keep in cash, and then select the investment product.”
Don Blandin,
President and CEO,
Investor Protection Trust / “The goal of this seminar is to teach you how to invest wisely, and also to help motivate you to implement what you’ve learned.”
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5 Keys To Investing Success / THE PROGRAM USES MATERIAL PROVIDED by THE iNVESTOR PROTECTION TRUST, SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, CPA’S, and the PBS TELEVISION SERIES: MONEYTRACK.
and every participant receives a FREE FINANCIAL WELLNESS CHECKUP with a certified investment management analyst—A $500 VALUE.
THE Investor Education @ your library®SEMINAR HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE EVELYN BRUST FOUNDATION
I’M DANIELLE ADDAIR.

SUGGESTED ANCHOR TAG: FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE PROGRAM, VISIT INVESTOR PROTECTION.ORG OR

Extra Soundbites:

MOS

“When I was first getting married that was like the big concern, how am I going to support my family and how, you know, want my kids to have an incredible life and what are the options that I have that I can apply myself, my time and my resources to, to get in the, be in a place in the future where I can provide for my kids and my family and, and know exactly what steps to take and make educated decisions on that.”

“In retirement, we’ve got to, we’ve got to rely on ourselves for retirement ‘cause social security just won’t be there, and won’t be enough.”

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