Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Investment Dinner

The financial planning firm used by my family hosted an educational dinner tonight. The subject of the talks was investment and retirement planning. I'm not anywhere close to retirement, but I came along to the dinner.

It was a fascinating time. It opened with a short talk about stocks and bonds which discussed their differences and how they work. Another presenter gave a talk on the principles of investing. Specifically, he talked about how one's investment plan should not change unless one's financial goals have changed. Dramatic world events almost never merit a change in investments.

Finally, the main presenter talked about retirement and the goals of financial planning. Surprisingly, the talk looked at retirement planning from a very non-financial perspective. Instead, it focused on the personal aspects, e.g. building a social network (which is more important in determining happiness than amassed wealth), establishing a procedure for transitioning into retirement, and house/neighborhood consideration.

This is a very short summary, but the presentations were fascinating. I got a folder containing additional resources, which I will go through soon.

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