Ways to make the most of remaining earning years is among the topics at How Can I Afford Retirement? workshops in Little Rock. 

Garrison Financial Institute in Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas is collaborating with Adolphine Fletcher Terry Library, 2015 Napa Valley Drive, Little Rock, and John Gould Fletcher Library, 823 N. Buchanan St., Little Rock to host non-commercial, not-for-profit and free How Can I Afford Retirement? workshops.

Goals of the workshops:

  • Provide ways for people with limited retirement savings to make the most of their remaining earning years
  • Discuss investing concerns of women
  • Help participants choose investments wisely
  • Assist participants in protecting their life savings by avoiding investment scams and by covering the Investor Bill of Rights and the role of federal and state governments in protecting investors
  • Offer suggestions on how to choose financial advisers.

Here's the schedule:

Investing Wisely to Avoid the Financial Risk of Longer Life Expectancy

  • 6:30 p.m. April 7 and 10 a.m. April 9 at Adolphine Fletcher Terry Library

Protecting Your Investments -- The Best Defense is a Wise and Safe Investor

  • 6:30 p.m. May 5 at John Gould Fletcher Library 
  • 6:30 p.m. May 19 and 10 a.m. May 21 at Adolphine Fletcher Terry Library 

Admission is free. Registration is required. For more information and to register click here.