Market drop bringing you down? Workshops this month offer advice

Brief
August 1, 2002

Concerned about your retirement account and the current stock market activity?

Human Resources offers three workshops this month to help faculty and staff deal with the stock-market volatility. The workshops are designed to remind faculty and staff that more than ever, heeding the basic lessons in retirement investing is critical when reacting to news of market decline and planning for retirement in a bear market.

Here are descriptions of each workshop:

• "Staying On Track in a Market Downturn," noon-1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 1745 Met East.
  This seminar addresses concerns you may have about market volatility and ways to avoid common investor overreactions to it. Topics include initial reactions to market fluctuations, when and what to act on when the market moves and remembering positive opportunities during downward movements.
• "Retirement Investing In A Volatile Market," noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, Yale J2-108.
  Presented by Aetna, this workshop discusses strategies in dealing with a changing market and how to analyze your portfolio for market risk.
• "Creating An Investment Strategy," noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, Thomas Sze West.
  Presented by Fidelity Investments, this workshop is for faculty and staff who are concerned about recent market volatility, portfolio allocation and diversification.

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