COLLEGE PLANNING

How to Finance a College Education

This seminar will help you learn more about funding a college education and obtaining the resources to pursue that goal.

Understanding 529 Plans

This presentation explores 529 plans, how they work, their potential tax benefits, and other factors important to anyone saving for college.

ESTATE PLANNING

The Essentials of Estate Planning

This seminar covers all the basics of estate planning and provides the tools and knowledge to get organized and start planning.

Trusts and Other Planning Tools

This seminar instructs attendees about how trusts work, different types of trusts, and how a trust might fit into your estate plan.

INVESTING AND RETIREMENT PLANNING

21st-Century Retirement: Strategies for Managing Retirement Income

This seminar outlines the risks to retirement income posed by rising costs and the uncertainty surrounding the future of Social Security and Medicare.

An Introduction to Bonds

This seminar provides reps with an overview of bond investments, including types, terms, and concepts they need to know when discussing bonds with clients.

An Introduction to Equities

This seminar provides an overview of equity investments, including listed and OTC stocks and equity mutual funds.

An Introduction to Investment Products

This seminar introduces the investment products that advisors and investment representatives are likely to encounter when working with clients.

Asset Allocation: A Strategy for Life

This seminar examines how asset allocation plays a pivotal role in helping you achieve your financial goals throughout your life.

Asset Allocation: Beyond the Basics

This seminar builds on The Basics of Asset Allocation by examining the specifics of different types of assets and investing styles.

Bond Investing: The Basics and Beyond

This seminar offers an introduction to the world of fixed-income securities, touching on bond markets and the different roles that bonds may play in a portfolio.

Distribution Basics for Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans

Participants have several options when taking distributions from their plan, each with different consequences.

Essential Skills: The Basics of Asset Allocation

This seminar examines the fundamentals of asset allocation and the factors that help to determine an appropriate asset allocation for clients.

Exploring the Roth 401(k)

This seminar is an educational overview of the Roth 401(k) plan, its potential tax benefits, and the most up-to-date rules and restrictions.

Getting Started: An Introduction to Investing

This seminar introduces plan participants to the basics of investing, with different strategies for managing investment risk.

Investment Risk: Don't Avoid It — Manage It!

This seminar looks at the different types of investment risk and how to manage risk in your portfolio.

Making the Most of IRA Opportunities

This seminar provides a solid understanding of the rules governing IRAs and how they can be used to help retirement investors meet their goals.

Put Your Company-Sponsored Retirement Plan to Work for You

This seminar discusses ways to maximize a 401(k), highlighting the benefits of tax-deferred growth, and explaining loan, rollover, and distribution options.

Retirement Planning: It's Never Too Soon — Or Too Late — To Start

This seminar examines the changing nature of retirement and the new challenges all retirement investors face.

Retirement Plans for Small Businesses and the Self-Employed

This seminar explores the benefits a plan can offer the employer, the business itself, and its employees.

Social Security, Medicare, and Your Retirement

This seminar explains how Social Security and Medicare work, what is being done to ensure their survival, and how you can lower your reliance on either program.

Understanding Mutual Funds

Find out how investing in mutual funds can be an effective investment strategy that combines professional management, convenience, and a range of choices.

Understanding Retirement Rollovers: A Seminar for Career Changers and Retirees

This seminar outlines the many potential ways to handle assets in qualified retirement plans when an individual changes jobs or retires.

PERSONAL FINANCE

Building a Strong Financial Future: Strategies for Ages 20 to 30

This presentation discusses the importance of creating a budget, managing credit, identifying financial goals, and formulating a long-term investing strategy.

Building a Strong Financial Future: Strategies for Ages 30 to 45

This seminar looks at how mid-career individuals can meet varied and often conflicting financial needs while planning for the future.

Building a Strong Financial Future: Strategies for Age 45 to Retirement

The seminar covers the unique needs faced by those approaching retirement, from assuring adequate retirement income to planning an estate.

Look Back, Plan Ahead With an Annual Financial Review

This seminar takes participants inside the annual review process and provides a working framework for evaluating their personal financial situations.

Manage Your Financial Future: A Seminar for Women

This seminar looks at the basics of budgeting, saving, and investing while addressing the unique needs of women investors.

Securing Your Future: Life Insurance for All Stages of Life

This seminar provides an overview of life insurance — the different types of policies and the different ways to use life insurance in your financial plan.

Taking Control of Your Finances — A Plan to Reduce Debt and Build Savings

This seminar looks at different strategies for reducing debt and managing your personal finances.