Monday, May 4– An Introduction to Financial Independence /Budgets, Buffers, and Debt An introduction to financial independence and how can you begin pursuing it at any age. We’ll take a look at the FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) movement growing in America and will discuss how avoiding debt, having a budget, maintaining an Emergency Fund, and accumulating “Walk-Away Money” can ...

Wednesday , May 6-Wealth-Building in the 21st Century A survey and explanation of the most common tools of wealth-building and asset accumulation, including stocks, mutual funds, index funds, bonds, CD-ladders, and real-estate in-vestment trusts (REITs) . Meeting link: https://ctedu.webex.com/ctedu/j.php?MTID=mab98a6ce070f92321cdfeebed6d4d00b See all in series here.

Monday, May 11 Taxes 101 An overview of everything you were never taught about taxes: how tax brackets work, income tax vs. payroll tax, deduc-tions vs. credits, W-2s vs. 1099s, standard deductions vs. itemized deductions, and more!Meeting link: https://ctedu.webex.com/ctedu/j.php?MTID=m1cdba267aa13340adc1d688424b5dcc7 See all in series here.