Marriott School

Retirement 3: Employer Qualified Plans

Title: Retirement 3: Employer Qualified Plans

Course Description: This is the third section of an intermediate course on Retirement Planning. It discusses employer qualified retirement plans including defined benefit and defined contribution plans.

Difficulty Level: Advanced. This course is recommended for individuals with some college experience and some math ability.

Time to Complete: To complete this section will take about an hour.

Output: With the successful conclusion of these lessons on Retirement Planning, you will have completed a retirement plan which includes your goals for retirement, how much you will need to save each month (Learning Tool 6: Retirement Planning Needs Worksheet), and your preferred retirement vehicles.  It also gives a means of checking whether you are on track to meet your retirement goals (Learning Tool 25: Retirement Planning Ratio Forecasts).

Prerequisites for this Course: None. It is recommended that you first complete the courses on Another Perspective on Wealth, Time Value of Money 1, Time Value of Money 2, Investments 1:  Before You Invest, Investments 2:  Your Investment Plan, Investments 7:  Building Your Portfolio, Investments 8:  Picking Financial Assets, and Retirement 1: Basics.

  

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