Learn to manage your personal finances and invest for retirement. We will be using historical data to depict realistic financial situations for young professionals. We will teach you how to make smart long term decisions and take care of your financial health. By the end of this workshop, you will gain an understanding of budgeting, emergency funds, 401(k), IRA, and the stock market.
About Alan Chen ('17):
Hello! My name is Alan and I'm an alumnus of Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College. You would think after attending business school, I would know how to manage my personal finances. Unfortunately financial literacy is not a skill taught in schools. I come from a low-income family and have seen firsthand the negative effects of poor money management and not saving early enough for retirement. My goal is to help people retire happily. By day, I write code as a software engineer; by night, I study financial literacy. I am very interested in technology startups. Right now, I'm working on a FinTech startup that I believe will change the world.