(Washington, DC) The Government of the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) and the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) will be co-hosting along with the Investor Protection Trust (IPT), the American Library Association (ALA) and Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine, a free investment-education seminar followed by optional one-on-one counseling sessions with seminar participants. The seminar is part of the national Investor Education @ Your Library program sponsored by the ALA and IPT.
| What |
Free, non-commercial seminar on investment education followed by optional, one-on-one counseling sessions. Seminar includes material from IPT, US Securities and Exchange Commission, and the PBS Television series, "Moneytrack." Participants will receive a copy of Five Keys to Investing Success from IPT and Kiplinger. The Evelyn Brust Financial Research and Education Foundation will conduct the seminar. Advanced registration with the business division at the library is required. |
| When |
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
| Where |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library
901 G St., NW, Room A-5
Washington, DC
Register with the Business Division at (202) 727-1171 |
| Who |
Seminar led by Dawn Bennett, Evelyn Brust Financial Research and Education Foundation
Comments by DISB Acting Commissioner Thomas Hampton, Associate Commissioner of Securities Theodore Miles and DCPL Interim Library Director Francis J. Buckley Jr. |
| Why |
Today's individual investors and consumers need access to accurate and reliable financial information to make informed investment decisions for themselves and their families. According to IPT/Securities Investor Protection Corporation's investor survival skills survey (December 2005), a majority of American investors do not have important "investor survival skills" needed to build their savings into a retirement nest egg. Only 17 percent of respondents correctly answered a sufficient number of questions on knowledge and behavior to pass this test. |