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Article: Free consultations offered on financial awareness Event sponsored by The American College to provide guidance on topics such as retirement, estate planning.
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- Dayton Daily News
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- March 6, 2007
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DAYTON -- On average, Americans are spending more than they earn
with the personal savings rate having dipped to negative 1 percent in
2006 -- the deepest hole since the Great Depression, according to the
U.S. Department of Commerce.
To bring attention to such trends, The American College is
sponsoring "National Financial Awareness Day" today with instructors
and alumni from across the nation planning to offer free personal
consultations to consumers.
Locally, OneAmerica Securities on Crown Point Drive is opening
their doors at 8:30 a.m. to area consumers.
"People don't plan to fail, they fail to plan," said Bill Johnson
of OneAmerica. "The baby boomers market in itself is moving into a ...