UC San Diego's Rady School of Management Hosting Personal Financial Management Course With "America's Financial Planner" Jonathan Pond

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The Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego today announced an upcoming course, "Personal Financial Management," taught by nationally recognized financial planner, Jonathan Pond. The course will run on April 26, on the UC San Diego campus. Pond is known as "America’s Financial Planner" and has hosted 19 public television programs and authored 18 books on investing.

This course, presented by the Rady School Center for Executive Development, provides valuable tips to maintain financial stability in periods of uncertainty, which is particularly relevant with the current economic environment. Pond will deliver his approach to build and manage wealth, maximize portfolio performance and achieve retirement goals on schedule.

"The Rady School is committed to offering relevant executive development courses for individuals and businesses in the region," said Rady School Dean Robert S. Sullivan. "Bringing a financial expert such as Jonathan Pond to campus allows us to provide an educational opportunity for the community."

"The course will provide understandable and useful guidance to investors of all experience levels," said Jonathan Pond. "The course covers a lot of important financial matters beyond investing, including planning for a great retirement, getting the right kind of insurance at the right price, cutting your income taxes and preparing important estate planning documents. Attendees will have abundant opportunities to ask questions, both as a group and individually."

The Rady School of Management at UC San Diego educates global leaders for innovation-driven organizations. A professional school within one of the top-ranked institutions in the U.S. for higher education and research, the Rady School offers a Full-Time MBA program, a FlexMBA program for working professionals, undergraduate and executive education courses. Our lineage includes 16 Nobel Laureates (former and current faculty) and eight MacArthur Foundation award recipients. The Rady School at UC San Diego transforms innovators into business leaders.