The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will provide a workshop on Never Stop Learning: Protect Your Nest Egg, on Wednesday, May 6^th at 10:30am. Tom Manganello from the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Assistance will provide a brief overview of the mission of the SEC and review some investing basics such as risk and return, the latest changes from SECURE Act 2.0, and how diversification can reduce the risk of investing. The workshop will also discuss how to monitor investment accounts, how to research investments and investment professionals, and how to add a “trusted contact” to a brokerage account. Attendees will also learn how to spot the red flags of scams, especially the rising trend of relationship investment scams that begin with seemingly accidental texts or social media contacts and can lead to devastating losses and repeat victimization. Please join us and check out the SEC’s free tools and resources on its webpage, www.Investor.gov/olderinvestors.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Tom Manganello is a senior counsel in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Investor Education and Assistance. In that role, Tom helps to coordinate investor education throughout the SEC’s headquarters and 10 regional offices. Tom researches, writes and disseminates an extensive library of plain language investor education tools and resources on the SEC’s website, www.Investor.gov.

Tom is a subject matter expert on saving, investing and avoiding scams, and has been a featured lecturer, panelist, moderator, and social media communicator for more than 10 years. Tom regularly guest lectures on “Building Wealth Through Saving and Investing” to high school, college and military audiences, and gives presentations on how older investors can protect their money at libraries, senior centers and communities. 

Tom is an attorney who spent ten years in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, where he investigated violations of the federal securities laws, including insider trading, Ponzi and pyramid schemes, and accounting and broker fraud. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and earned a BS in journalism from Ohio University. Email: Manganellot@SEC.gov and Outreach@SEC.gov.

INVITE

This program can be joined in-person at Great Falls Library or online via Microsoft teams. Register by clicking on the "Begin Registration" button. A Microsoft Teams link will be emailed a day before the start the program. 

Co-hosted by Great Falls Senior Center and Great Falls Library. 

Registration recommended. Adults.