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Course Objective

Course Objective

This course will discuss some of the options people should consider as they prepare for retirement. This course is designed to provide the student with an overview of annuities, pension, estate planning and how they can be used in retirement planning. The course also reviews needs analysis as applied to retirement planning. The student will gain a strong understating of retirement planning using several of the major investment tools. The Center allows you up to six months to complete this course.

Course Outline

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Unit 1: Annuities – Introduction

 

Unit 2 - Annuities - Types, Contract Conditions

 

Unit 3 - Annuities - Annuity Options

 

Unit 4 - Annuities - Investor Considerations II, Variable Annuities

Unit 5 - Annuities - Variable Annuities II

 

Unit 6 - Annuities - Variable Annuities III

 

Unit 7 - Annuities - Variable Annuities IV

 

Unit 8 - Annuities - Variable Annuities V

 

Unit 9 - Annuities - Advantages

 

Unit 10 - Annuities - Disadvantages

 

Unit 11 - Annuities - Mutual Funds vs Annuities, Taxation

 

Unit 12 - Annuities - Taxation II, Group

 

Unit 13 - Annuities - TSAs, Group Annuities II

 

Unit 14 - Annuities - Equity-Indexed

 

Unit 15 - Annuities - Equity-Indexed II

 

Unit 16 - Annuities - Tax-Deferred Qualified

 

Unit 17 - Annuities - Terms to Remember

 

Unit 18 - Pension Planning - Intro, Pension Plans

 

Unit 19 - Pension Planning - Pension Plans II, Qualified

 

Unit 20 - Pension Planning -Setting up a Pension Plan

 

Unit 21 - Pension Planning -Tax Benefits II

 

Unit 22 - Pension Planning -ERISA, IRAs, SEPs, Annuities

 

Unit 23 - Estate Planning - Intro

 

Unit 24 - Estate Planning - Process

 

Unit 25 - Estate Planning - Process II

 

Unit 26 - Estate Planning - Process III

 

Unit 27 - Estate Planning - Process IV

 

Unit 28 - Needs Analysis - Intro

 

Unit 29 - Needs Analysis II

 

Unit 30 - Needs Analysis III

 

Unit 31 - Needs Analysis IV

 

Unit 32 - Needs Analysis V

 

Unit 33 - Needs Analysis - Fact Finding

 

Unit 34 - Needs Analysis - Fact Finding II

 

Unit 35 - Long Term Care

 

Unit 36 - LTC - Policy Provisions

 

Unit 37 - LTC - Regulations

 

Unit 38 - Ethics - Intro

 

Unit 39 - Ethics - Fiduciary, Risk Mgmt

 

Unit 40 - Ethics - Duties, Code of Ethics