Smart Investing @ Your Library
Your Recipe for Success!
Hughes Main Library, Meeting Rooms A-C
Call 527-9293

With even the simplest of ingredients, a skilled cook can whip up a masterpiece. Your Recipe for Success! is designed for people, like you, looking to find the right recipe for financial freedom. Learn the basics to build your savings and find peace of mind, presented in plain English by qualified experts. Ready to get started on your piece of the pie? Then join us and start turning your dreams into reality.

Whether you’re a novice cook or a seasoned chef when it comes to money, Your Recipe for Success! will give you the right ingredients to measure, mix and bake at 350° for success!

Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage

Is a comprehensive, professional source of proprietary investment analysis and company data. The site includes tools to better understand the dynamics of investing and financial market trends. Standard & Poor's is the world's foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluations and investment research. The site offers an extensive tutorial to get started.

In the first of six weekly sessions, adjunct faculty at Clemson University will teach how to: create a budget, set investment goals and establish emergency funds. Learn how to choose investments wisely and practice good financial habits. Call 527-9293. Curriculum

Learn basic terms and concepts like “rate of return” and “dollar cost averaging,” then explore how to establish, allocate, diversify and rebalance your financial portfolio. Different types of bank accounts and services will also be explained. Call 527-9293. Curriculum

Join a discussion of treasury debt, marketable securities and investment risk, followed by advice on buying, selling and using treasuries. Call 527-9293. Curriculum

A brief introduction to individual, employer-sponsored and small business retirement plans, followed by general rules of investing for short-, medium- and long-term goals. Information about risk tolerance and portfolio management close the session. Call 527-9293. Curriculum

Session five opens with a discussion of risk assessment. Why do investors take risks and what types? Learn to minimize risk and protect your investments. Learn to read your statements and understand concepts like yield, return and capital gains and losses. Finish with tools for tracking your portfolio performance. Call 527-9293. Curriculum

Investment professionals can help…if you know the different types of professionals, strategies involved in choosing one and how to check backgrounds. They can work with and for you to safeguard investments. We will also discuss how to keep good records, learn investor rights and protections, and spot fraud and file a complaint. Call 527-9293. Curriculum

Databases

• Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage
• Value Line Investment Survey

Websites

• What's up in Finance?
• FINRA modules in Spanish (These Spanish equivalents made available by the FINRA Investment. Education Foundation.)

Money Smarts for Kids!
February 27-April 3, 2010

Does it seem that your children have no concept of money? Do they ask for things you can’t afford? No matter their age, it is never too early to begin teaching money concepts to children. Money Smarts for Kids! is a Financial Skills Education Series designed to be fun and insightful for all age groups. You’ll be amazed by your children’s response to ideas of earning, saving and spending when put into everyday terms. Don’t be surprised if your children soon ask for more chores to earn extra money!

Smart Investing @ Your Library® Program Series is open to the public at no cost. Don’t miss out on Your Recipe for Success! Space is limited. This series requires registration. Participants may register for single classes or the entire series by calling 527-9293. The Hughes Main Library is located at 25 Heritage Green Place in Greenville, SC. This program is made possible by a grant from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation through Smart Investing @ Your Library®, a partnership with the American Library Association.

About Smart Investing @ Your Library®:
Smart Investing @ Your Library®, which is administered jointly by the Reference and User Services Association, a division of ALA, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation, funds library efforts to provide millions of patrons with effective, unbiased financial education resources. The Greenville County Library System is one of 13 public library recipients to be awarded funds in this second year of the educational partnership. The Smart Investing @ Your Library® Program Series: Your Recipe for Success! at the Greenville County Library System is specially prepared for women ages 18-64.