AAII-SV May Event: Estate Planning Workshop and Fraud and the Individual Investor

Join us for our May event where we will have two sessions....

WORKSHOP: ESTATE PLANNING

This is the eighth and last in a series of financial planning workshops covering investing, retirement planning, Social Security claiming strategies and estate planning. This session will focus on the practical aspects of estate planning. These workshops assume no prior knowledge and are suitable for people in all stages of life.

YOU WILL LEARN:

1. About your critical documents: will, trust, advance directive, power of attorney, etc.

2. Practical considerations for an executor or trustee

3. How to deal with your digital legacy: email, social media, photo files, etc.

Presented by: Fred Smith, Registered Investment Adviser

Fred Smith is a long-term board member of the Silicon Valley Chapter of AAII. He retired in 2006 from the semiconductor industry, where he held various engineering and management positions. Smith is currently a registered investment adviser with a financial planning practice in Los Gatos.

FRAUD AND THE INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR

Erin Schneider will discuss some of the red flags of investment fraud and common scams, as well as review some recent enforcement cases. She will also cover the key questions you should ask before you invest and how to check out your investment adviser or professional.

YOU WILL LEARN:

1. Investment fraud red flags to watch for.

2. Key questions to ask before you invest

3. How to check out your investment professional or adviser

Presented by: Erin E. Schneider, Associate Regional Director for Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission

Erin E. Schneider began working in the SEC’s San Francisco office in 2005 as a staff attorney and became an assistant regional director in 2012. Schneider oversees the San Francisco office’s enforcement efforts for northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Prior to joining the SEC, Schneider worked as a litigation associate in Washington D.C. and San Francisco.

EVENT SCHEDULE

8:30 AM - Registration / Social / Book Swap
9:00 AM - Financial Planning Workshop
10:30 AM - Main Presentation
11:30 AM - Q & A

Additional Information:

• An investment book will be raffled off during the meeting

• Students under 25 (with ID) Free. (No registration required, show ID at Registration Desk)

• Visit our book swap table before the meeting; Bring a book, take a book!

• Visit our Concierge Table where we have our presentations, AAII information, raffle books, book swap and more.

More information and tickets for this event can be found at our May Eventbrite page

More information about AAII-Silicon Valley can be found at: http://www.siliconvalleyaaii.org/ and at https://www.facebook.com/sv.aaii/

AAII-SV can be contacted at: mailto:aaiichapter_siliconvalley@yahoo.com

General information about AAII can be found at: http://www.aaii.com/

AAII Silicon Valley is affiliated with the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII), a nonprofit corporation founded in 1978 for the purpose of assisting individuals in becoming effective managers of their own assets through programs of education, information and research.