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The Basics guide is entirely focused on investor education and protection. Based on our research of current financial curriculums, the focus on investing and the inclusion of an entire unit on investor protection makes The Basics guide unique among the national curriculums available today.

The Basics guide is divided into four units plus an appendix. The four unit titles are: Getting Started, Introduction to Financial Markets, Making a Financial/Investment Plan, and Investment Fraud.

Investor Protection Trust President Don Blandin said: “State securities agencies are leaders in investor education on a statewide basis as well as nationally through such organizations as the Investor Protection Trust. ‘The Basics of Saving and Investing: Investor Education 2020’ is entirely focused on investor education and protection. Rather than ‘re-inventing the wheel,’ IPT has attempted to pare away the generic ‘financial literacy’ materials that are widely available from other sources in order to zero-in on our mission of investor education and protection. The focus on investing and the inclusion of an entire unit on investor protection makes the ‘Basics’ guide unique among the teaching curriculums that are available today. We encourage educators everywhere to check out this excellent new resource.”