Getting Started with Savings & Investing (aka Why Invest?) | SJPL Virtual

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This introductory presentation will cover several topics for beginners such as:

• What is the difference between Savings and Investing and what are some of the reasons you would want to do both?
• The meaning of key concepts and basic terminology such as Simple vs Compound Interest, Diversification, P/E Ratio, Yield and more.
• The difference between Stocks, Funds, and Bonds. And free information sources to help you continue your financial education.
• You will also have a chance to ask questions with our presenters from the Silicon Valley Chapter of BetterInvesting – a nonprofit, volunteer-based organization founded in 1951 as the National Association of Investment Clubs (NAIC™) with a mission to educate individual investors and investment clubs to become successful lifelong investors – on why and how to start saving and investing.

Subsequent events in this quarterly series will also cover the following topics:

How to Use Library Resources to Research Your Investments
Getting Started w/ Mutual Funds and Stocks
How to Start and Run an Investment Club

This program will be held online via Zoom. Please register and link and password will be sent to you in advance of the event. To protect the participants’ privacy, this meeting will not be recorded and participants will have option to rename themselves for the meeting. For those under 18 years of age who may be joining us, we recommend that a parent/legal guardian be with you during the meeting.

Note: To request an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for library-sponsored events, please call 408-808-2000 at least three business days prior to the event.

Suitable for Adults, ages 18+, Seniors, ages 65+, Teens, ages 12-18,[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]