{"id":21537,"date":"2013-04-09T17:12:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T17:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=21537"},"modified":"2014-11-14T15:58:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T20:58:57","slug":"finance-faculty-member-offers-tips-about-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2013\/04\/finance-faculty-member-offers-tips-about-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance faculty member offers tips about retirement."},"content":{"rendered":"

A topic dear to many, but also a cause for concern—especially with news about fragility in the finance sector—is retirement.<\/p>\n

On March 27, 2013, 82 people gathered to hear Helen Simon, a ten-year veteran of the Finance Department in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU), who has nearly 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, deliver \u00a0<\/sup>\u201cThinking about retirement: will you have enough?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Helen Simon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The presentation, filled with practical information, from what to look for when choosing a financial advisor to finding helpful government links, was part of the S.T.E.P.P. (Striving to Enhance Personal Performance) series offered at FIU<\/p>\n

Finance major Chris Caldwell saw the announcement from FIU\u2019s Human Resources Department, which explained that the talk would cover \u201chow you can control your emotions and set out on a focused path to happy golden years,\u201d and how to determine \u201cthe magic number and perfect strategy for making your retirement safe and secure.<\/p>\n

From England, Caldwell \u201cwants to learn as much as possible about the American system.\u201d<\/p>\n

She found it particularly valuable as a way \u201cto understand the kinds of questions I should ask of an accountant or a financial planner,\u201d whose help she plans to seek as she maps her own retirement goals and progress.<\/p>\n

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