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Safeguarding Your Savings
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.