SRI 111 — Retirement Fundamentals

• The Retirement System
• Pillar I: Basic Government Pension/Social Security
• Pillar II: Workplace Retirement Plans
• Pillar III: Individual Financial Resources
• The Pre-Retirement Life Stage
• The Retirement Life Stage
• Financial Education and Planning
• Types of Investments, Returns, and Risks
• Portfolio Creation and Management

• Describe the evolution of the U.S. retirement system and its stakeholders.
• Distinguish between the retail and institutional markets and identify the key participants in the institutional marketplace.
• Identify the three pillars of the retirement system and describe how they support a secure retirement.
• Describe the benefits available from government-sponsored retirement plans and explain how factors such as work history and claiming age at retirement affect benefit amounts.
• Explain the features of workplace retirement plans available to traditional employees and the self-employed.
• Describe the types of individual financial resources that can be used to fund retirement.
• Describe the financial characteristics and risks faced during the pre-retirement and retirement life stages.
• Explain financial concepts, such as the time value of money and compound interest, and the impact on retirement savings.
• Describe the personal and financial requirements that influence the nature of a person’s investment portfolio.
• Describe the factors that influence investors’ decisions about the individual investments in their portfolio, among them, the importance of asset allocation and diversification.
• Explain the benefits of adjusting investment asset allocations over time and give examples of ways investors can rebalance allocations.

Course Format

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