Investment Strategies and Planning
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This course provides practitioners with a nuts and bolts look at the financial markets, and estate and retirement planning. Areas addressed include estate planning as a component of financial planning, tax considerations in financial planning, government regulation of the financial markets, common investment vehicles, retirement planning vehicles, and more.
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Course Info:
- Course #: 4000D
- Delivery: Self-Study
- CPE Hours: 24
- Course Level: Basic
- Prerequisites: None
- Advanced Preparation: None
- NASBA Area of Study: Finance
- Total Pages: 462
- Questions: 120
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Course Objectives
- To recall who may benefit by diversification
- To recognize various terms related to and characteristics of wills
- To identify the type of trust that can be created to last forever
- To recognize characteristics of variable annuities
- To identify the general rules for the taxability of different forms of investment income
- To identify the types of investment expenses that are and are not deductible
- To recognize the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission in the securities marketplace
- To identify the organization of the Securities and Exchange Commission
- To recognize the major laws that govern the securities industry
- To identify rules governing the registration and regulation of broker-dealers
- To recall investor protections under the Securities Investor Protection Act and federal bankruptcy
- To recognize the level of protection offered to depositors by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- To identify the specific rules governing securities trading, including after-hours trading and convertible securities
- To identify characteristics of mutual funds available to investors
- To recognize various features of commodities trading
- To identify various types of bonds in the financial marketplace
- To recognize the types of securities offered by the federal government
- To recognize features of the different types of savings bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department
- To recall characteristics of certificates of deposit
- To identify features of real estate investment trusts
- To identify the procedure for establishing an Individual Retirement Arrangement
- To recall options available to individuals who inherit an Individual Retirement Arrangement
- To recognize the requirements for making contributions to and distributions from Individual Retirement Arrangements
- To recognize the requirements for establishing various types of qualified retirement plans, including SEP and SIMPLE plans
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