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The Money Pyramid and Financial Decision-Making 1 Credit

Mar 08, 2024, 11:30 AM ET

The Money Pyramid and Financial Decision-Making 1 Credit

Women and Wealth: Financial Planning Series

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    February, 2024
  • Subject Area

    Finance

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Mar 08, 2024, 11:30 AM ET

Learning Objective

  • To discuss the power of viewing your financial decisions from a bird’s-eye view.
  • To identify and understand the different levels on the money pyramid.
  • To introduce the decision-making matrix.
  • To analyze financial goals and decision-making. 
  • To continue building your puzzle towards financial empowerment.

Course Overview

This course is valid up to December 31st, 2023 for CFP Professionals. It is advisable to complete this course before that to process the credit on time.

Despite gains in labor participation over the last few decades, women continue to experience a gender pay gap which impacts the income stream available to save, spend, and invest at rates comparable to men. Retirement and other long-term investment goals suffer, as a result.

Unfortunately, the pandemic has reversed key trends in women-owned businesses and their labor participation rates overall. Studies continue to show that financial literacy is a cornerstone of economic stability and despite gains in other areas of life, women of all ages still report looking to someone else for assistance in understanding and guiding their finances.

An important component of mastering our money, finances, and investments deals with how we make decisions. While not often taught in conjunction with financial literacy, this is a skill worth devoting time to learning and practicing.  There are few areas in life where poor decisions can impact your entire future. Poor financial decisions are often the result of not having the skills or resources.

In this CPE course, speaker Ilene Slatko discusses financial decision-making and introduces different resources to help guide your skills development.

She will explain the Money Pyramid and the importance of goal setting. Because seeing the larger context is important, both macro and micro decision frameworks are presented. Attendees will leave with a checklist of important financial decision-making steps. This course will give you real-world tools to start using today.

Wherever you are in your understanding and mastery of your financial life, this CE/CPE finance webinar will give you the tools and knowledge to make the choices necessary to have a successful financial future.

Major topics covered in this webinar:

  • What is financial empowerment?
  • Decision-Making skills
  • Decision framework
  • The decision from a cost-benefit analysis POV
  • Plan to win

This CPE/ CPD Finance course encourages participants to view financial management as a critical skill. We continue to build each participant’s puzzle towards financial empowerment, a process that will continue throughout the 8-webinar series; this is the fourth of them. 

You may be interested in our Certification course on Financial Goal-Setting and Decision-MakingCertification for Women (DCW)

On Demand Credits for All Qualifications

Live Webinar Credits for All Qualifications

License details Credits Status
Finance for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 1 CPE Approved
Finance for CPA in Canada 1 CPD Eligible
Financial Reporting for Certified Management Accountants (CMA) 1 CPE Eligible
Personal Financial Planning for Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) 1 CPD Eligible
Investment Decision Making for Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 1 PL Eligible
Finance for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Finance for Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) 1 CPE Eligible
Financial Planning for Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) 1 CE Eligible
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 1 CPD Eligible
Financial Planning for Certified Wealth Strategist (CWS) 1 CE Eligible
Chartered Accountant - ICAEW 1 CPD Eligible
Financial Planning for Certified Fiduciary and Investment Risk Specialist (CFIRS) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Wealth Management Certified Professional (WMCP) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Financial Services Certified Professional (FSCP) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) 1 CPE Eligible
Finance for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Retirement Planning for Personal Financial Planner (PFP) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Financial aspects of estate and retirement planning for Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Certified International Wealth Manager (CIWM) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Chartered Special Needs Consultant (ChSNC) 1 CE Eligible
CPA - Ireland 1 CPD Eligible
Chartered Accountants - Scotland 1 CPD Eligible
Chartered Accountants - Ireland (CAI) 1 CPD Eligible
General finance principles and financial concepts for Certified FP&A Professional (FP&A) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Certified Business Appraiser (CBA)/Master Certified Business Appraiser (MCBA) 1 CPE Eligible
Investment Decision Making for CIPM 1 PL Eligible
Financial Planning for Chartered Advisor in Senior Living (CASL) 1 CE Eligible
License details Credits Status
Finance for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 1 CPE Approved
Finance for CPA in Canada 1 CPD Eligible
Corporate Finance for Certified Management Accountants (CMA) 1 CPE Eligible
Finance for Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) 1 CPD Eligible
Personal Financial Planning for Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) 1 CPD Eligible
Finance for Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 1 PL Eligible
Finance for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Finance for Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) 1 CPE Eligible
Financial Planning for Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) 1 CE Eligible
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 1 CPD Eligible
Financial Planning for Certified Wealth Strategist (CWS) 1 CE Eligible
Chartered Accountant - ICAEW 1 CPD Eligible
Financial Planning for Certified Fiduciary and Investment Risk Specialist (CFIRS) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Wealth Management Certified Professional (WMCP) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Financial Services Certified Professional (FSCP) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) 1 CPE Eligible
Finance for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Retirement Planning for Personal Financial Planner (PFP) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) 1 CPE Eligible
Financial aspects of estate and retirement planning for Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Certified International Wealth Manager (CIWM) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Chartered Special Needs Consultant (ChSNC) 1 CE Eligible
CPA - Ireland 1 CPD Eligible
Chartered Accountants - Scotland 1 CPD Eligible
Chartered Accountants - Ireland (CAI) 1 CPD Eligible
Common financial investments/ decision types for Certified FP&A Professional (FP&A) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Certified Business Appraiser (CBA)/Master Certified Business Appraiser (MCBA) 1 CPE Eligible
Finance for CIPM 1 PL Eligible
Financial Planning for Chartered Advisor in Senior Living (CASL) 1 CE Eligible

Additional Information

Credit

1

Course Level

Basic

Instructional Method

QAS Self Study
Group Internet Based

Pre-requisites

None

Advance Preparation

None

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About Instructor

Ilene Slatko
Ilene Slatko

Principal, DSS Consulting

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For the past 35 years Ilene has provided financial literacy and investment education for individual clients to enhance their understanding of money, finances, and investments; and to organizations with a particular emphasis on retirement planning. She has worked for notable Washington, DC area investment companies in management and in building organizational depth in financial education. 

Ms. Slatko has significant experience in the areas of leadership development, team development, career development, executive coaching and talent management. She has expertise in designing learning solutions – virtual instructor-led training and instructor-led -- to meet the unique challenges of clients. She was a key provider of executive and employee education for The Southland Corporation, U.S. Mapping, Century 21, and ERA Real Estate. She has worked with executives and leaders in the areas of communication, selling, client management, leadership development, and team development. 

Ms. Slatko has extensive experience in Federal retirement programs and training federal employees. When the previous retirement system was replaced by FERS, Ilene was at the forefront of presentations to educate affected employees in their choices. She has been a trainer for retirement presentations at agencies throughout the DC area,

She has been a speaker at conferences including the Army Materiel Command Women’s Financial Day, Delaware Women’s Conference, and numerous youth financial literacy programs. Ms. Slatko is currently the host of a weekly Roku and Apple TV show called, The *It Show, the first financial program designed specifically for young women. In addition, she has been the Director of Training for companies in the financial and real estate fields. 

Ilene is an alumna of Marietta College where she studied Drama, Speech, and English. 

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Havilah Mann, CPA (US)
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Ilene Slatko is fast becoming my financial empowerment guru. I am so grateful for not only her knowledge but also her wisdom. Her practical, pragmatic, and achievable frameworks remove the fear and shame from financial decisions. Excellent course. Thank you!

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Robert Blackwell, CPA (US)
5

Great program for all, especially younger individuals

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