Garrison Financial Institute to Host 'How Can I Afford Retirement?' Workshops at Public Libraries

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. –The Garrison Financial Institute in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas is collaborating with the Fayetteville Public Library to host the third of “How Can I Afford Retirement?” series of workshops.

Although the first two sessions have passed, each workshop is designed to be an individual unit so people can still register to attend the other sessions.

The workshops are noncommercial and free, but participants must register in advance. The third session, “Investing Wisely to Avoid the Financial Risk of Longer Life Expectancy,” will be offered at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11, or 10 a.m. Saturday, March 13.

Session 4, “Protecting Your Investments – The Best Defense is a Wise and Safe Investor,” will be offered in fall 2010. The sessions will be repeated over the next two years.

For more information and to register, go to: http://gfi.uark.edu/

 “We are grateful to the Investor Protection Trust for providing the grant to make these informative workshops possible,” added Lee. “With the responsibility for retirement planning falling on individuals instead of employers, and the baby boom generation approaching this stage of life, the importance of investor education and protection has never been more important.”

The Investor Protection Trust is a nonprofit organization devoted to investor education.  Since 1993, the trust has worked with states to provide independent, objective investor education needed by all Americans to make informed investor decisions. To learn more, visit the Investor Protection Trust Web site.