The best investor education resources from 21 leading non-profit, governmental and self-regulatory associations and agencies. AIE provides investors with access to a full range of information needed to make wise investment decisions. http://www.investoreducation.org/inveduweek en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:08:03 -0500 EBRI: Americans' confidence in their ability to retire appears to be stabilizing, now that the economic volatility of the recession has abated, but their self-described preparations for retirement continue to erode, according to the 2010 Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) released by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Mathew Greenwald and Associates, a market research firm. However, the RCS also finds that a growing number of American workers are also planning to delay retirement-which has negative implications for the U.S. job market. As older workers stay at their jobs longer, the RCS results suggest that fewer existing jobs are likely to open up. And Americans continue to lack confidence in institutions. They are most likely to express confidence in private employers and least likely to express confidence in the federal government. Both workers and retirees expressing low levels of confidence in banks and insurance companies ... ]]> http://www.investoreducation.org/inveduweek.cfm#544 IPT: The Pennsylvania Securities Commission (PSC) received a grant from the IPT to conduct the Pennsylvania Teacher Investor Education Research Project (PA TIER). In today's ever-changing financial marketplace, it is more important than ever to ensure that young people receive quality instruction in the basics of saving and investing. The PA TIER Project sought to gain a better understanding of what teachers: 1) know about saving and investing topics, 2) how comfortable they are teaching about investing and 3) the extent to which they incorporate certain concepts into their curriculum. To ascertain answers to these questions, the PSC commissioned a survey of Pennsylvania high school teachers that teach at least one course with personal finance and investing content and select findings are now available. The Pennsylvania Securities Commission hopes to use the results of the PA TIER project to guide its investor education efforts with Pennsylvania teachers ... ]]> http://www.investoreducation.org/inveduweek.cfm#543 SIFMA Foundation: The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association announced that it now carries price data for approximately 25,000 federal agency bonds on its investinginbonds.com website. The new data is available via a feed from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) following an expansion of its Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) to include debt issued by federal government agencies, government corporations and government sponsored enterprises (GSEs). Investing in Bonds is a unique partnership between SIFMA members, SIFMA and the SIFMA Foundation for Investor Education. Named one of two Kiplinger's 2009 Best Investing Websites and managed by the SIFMA Foundation, Investing in Bonds provides real-time bond price information and a wide variety of market data, news, commentary and educational content on how the US bond markets work ... ]]> http://www.investoreducation.org/inveduweek.cfm#542 CEE: The Council for Economic Education (CEE) has  launched Gen i Revolution, an online game developed to teach personal finance skills to middle and high school students. The competitive online game includes 15 Missions in which students complete a variety of activities to beat back the insidious "Murktide" infestation. The "Murktide," a confusion about basic personal finance principles, is rapidly spreading across the population, and middle and high school students are the last line of defense against a lifetime of poor financial decisions.  Once middle and high school teachers join the Gen i Revolution, they assign their students to teams. The students then strategically select their Operatives, and begin to explore and earn points as they work to complete each crucial Mission ... ]]> http://www.investoreducation.org/inveduweek.cfm#541 ICI: The Investment Company Institute is encouraging Americans to assess their personal savings and set a savings goal as part of the "America Saves Week" national campaign. This year's America Saves Week is February 21-28. Approximately 89 million Americans use mutual funds to save for their financial goals. ICI research has found that 94 percent of mutual fund-owning households identified saving for retirement as one of their financial goals; 76 percent said it's their primary goal. In addition, despite the recent bear market, 95 percent of defined contribution plan participants kept contributing during the first three quarters of 2009. Many other AIE members participate in "America Saves Week," including the SEC, Federal Reserve Board, FINRA Foundation, NEFE, EBRI/American Savings Education Council, CFP Board of Standards, and NASAA ... ]]> http://www.investoreducation.org/inveduweek.cfm#540