Free webinars about consumer finance
Posted By Cities on July 9, 2009
Beginning August 7, 2009, and every month for the next year, The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), will offer free online seminars (webinars) for anyone to learn about a wide range of financial issues. The Consumer Webinar Series is a year-long initiative from NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisors. Each month a new session will be conducted live online. Consumers can attend the live session after registering for free, or listen to an audio file after the program.
Registration for the 2009 sessions is open now at http://www.napfa.org/consumer/ConsumerWebinarSeries.asp. In addition to registering for the sessions, consumers can learn more about the topics and the NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisors who will be instructing the sessions.
The series will include 12, one-hour sessions delivered via the internet. The individual sessions will be conducted from 1 to 2 pm Eastern time and will include:
- August 7, 2009 – Money 101: Knowing the Basics
- September 4, 2009 – Kids & Money
- October 2, 2009 – What is Financial Planning?
- November 6, 2009 – Protecting What You Have
- December 4, 2009 – Investments: The Basics
- January 8, 2010 – Investments: Advanced Concepts
- February 5, 2010 – Managing Your 401(k)
- March 5, 2010 – Leaving a Legacy
- April 2, 2010 – Women and Money
- May 6, 2010 – Financial Planning and Small Business Owners
- June 4, 2010 – Your Retirement
- July 1, 2010 – Financial Windfalls
Since 1983, NAPFA has provided Fee-Only financial planners across the country with some of the strictest guidelines possible. With more than 2,100 members across the country, NAPFA has become the leading professional association in the United States dedicated to the advancement of Fee-Only financial planning. NAPFA has been a vocal advocate for consumer protection in the financial industry. NAPFA hopes to further educate people on a variety of topics in an effort to help Americans become educated consumers of financial planning advice and products.
The instructors NAPFA has recruited for the various sessions are among the industry’s leaders in comprehensive financial planning. “Each session is intentionally designed to help attendees better understand a specific issue and why it is of particular importance to them,” said NAPFA National Chair Diahann W. Lassus, CFP®, CPA/PFS.
“We hope people will take advantage of this opportunity to better themselves and their families. Only through education will consumers be better capable of addressing their own financial situations,” added Lassus.
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