OLLI101489 - Protecting Retirement Assets: Finance, Fraud, and Fallibility [In-person at TUCC]

Course Description

Protecting Retirement Assets: Finance, Fraud, and Fallibility

Instructor: Thomas Getzen
Dates: Tuesdays, Sep 26-Nov 14
Time: 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC)
 

Ponzi schemes. Crypto-currencies. Non-profit bankruptcies. The collapse of “safe” investments. This class explores trust, cash flows, and the hazards involved in banking, asset values, loans, lease-backs and private equity used for pensions, annuities, social security, continuing-care retirement communities, nursing home insurance, student debt, taxes, hospice, medical bills, and other financial transactions. No special expertise required except an interest in how money gets made and lost.
Maximum in-person registrants: 18

Instructor’s Bio:

Tom Getzen taught health finance and economics at TU for 30 years, authored a textbook and numerous articles, and has served in a number of board, finance and executive roles at health care institutions locally and internationally.

Notes

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