Educating yourself is the first step in protecting your investments.

Safeguard Your Savings covers the basics of saving and investing for people of all ages, including:

• getting started
• financial markets
• making an investment plan
• how to avoid investment fraud

Safeguard Your Savings is sponsored by the Missouri Secretary of State. The curriculum was created and funded by the Investor Protection Trust, a nonprofit organization that provides objective information to help consumers make informed investment decisions. The workshop is taught by University of Missouri Extension family financial education specialists.