Women's Financial Health Week takes place this month.The second annual Women's Financial Health Week campaign takes place Jan. 13-17. The purpose of the program, which the AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). is co-sponsoring with Money magazine, is to help women take control of their finances and promote the role of the CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. financial planner Financial Planner A qualified investment professional who assists individuals and corporations meet their long-term financial objectives by analyzing the client's status and setting a program to achieve these goals. . The campaign kicks off the morning of the 13th with a satellite media tour featuring spokespeople Barbara Raasch, CPA/PFS, and Marion Asnes, senior editor of Money. The remainder of the week's activities will center on the Web site, www.womensfinancialhealthweek.com. The following are key site features: * Relationship Road Map, an interactive guide that explains how milestone events can quickly change the way you manage your money. * Comfort Quiz, which offers visitors a customized look at how they handle their money so they can get on the right financial track. * Tips and Recommendations that address visitors' financial questions about buying a home, financing a wedding, planning for a family, maximizing investments, enduring a divorce, keeping "fit" financial records, and retirement planning Retirement financial planning refers to a collection of systems, methods, and processes which, in their aggregate, support a family unit's (client's) desire to achieve a state of financial independence, such that the need to be gainfully employed is optional. . * Online Chats that permit visitors to ask questions of financial experts in real time. --Monday, Jan. 13, 12:00 noon, ET. "Sense and Sensibilities Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen, that was first published in 1811. It was the first of Austen's novels to be published, under the pseudonym "A Lady". : What Jane Austin Never Taught Us" with Marion Asnes. --Wednesday, Jan. 15, 9:00 p.m., ET. "How Women Relate to Money" with Joan DiFuria, psychotherapist psy·cho·ther·a·pist n. An individual, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric nurse, or psychiatric social worker, who practices psychotherapy. with the Money, Meaning and Choices Institute. * Interactive Tools that help visitors customize their own financial health needs, including retirement and savings calculators. * Online Resources, including articles written by financial experts that offer solid advice on how to stay focused on finances. * Database of CPA/PFS Practitioners so people can find local PFSs. |
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