Money Matters, Online: The Importance of Retirement Planning

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Life expectancy in the United States is on average 79 years. Depending on when you decide to retire, you may need 15 or 30 or even 40 years of retirement income! Where will the money come from? It is important to start planning early and to take every opportunity to make your money work for you.

Gerri Walsh reviews the importance of compound interest and the many tax deferred opportunities that help individuals plan for a comfortable and stress free retirement.

Presented by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

Part of the Retirement A to Z series.

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About The Presenter:

Gerri Walsh

Gerri Walsh is Senior Vice President of Investor Education at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). In this capacity, she is responsible for the development and operations of FINRA’s investor education program. She is also President of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, where she manages the Foundation’s strategic initiatives to educate and protect investors and to benchmark and foster financial capability for all Americans, especially underserved audiences. Ms. Walsh was the founding executive sponsor of FINRA’s Military Community Employee Resource Group. She serves on the FTC’s “Stop Scams Against Seniors” Advisory Group and represents FINRA on IOSCO’s standing policy committee on retail investor education, the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, NASAA’s Senior Investor Advisory Council and the Wharton Pension Research Council.

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