Maximizing Your Retirement Savings

UNDERSTAND

Maximizing your retirement savings is about looking at all of your financial resources, deciding what your goals are, and making a plan to meet your goals. Many tools are available to help.

Disclaimer: The University provides educational information and tools to help you make choices that suit your individual goals. The University cannot provide investment advice to its employees.

Voluntary Investment Program	UW Retirement Plan
Calvert Fidelity TIAA-CREF Vanguard	Fidelity TIAA-CREF Vanguard

ACT

Make a Plan

Benefits & Work/Life sponsors retirement planning seminars throughout the year to assist you in developing your personal financial and retirement savings plan.

You can also use some of the many tools available online and in hundreds of books and magazines to

make a financial plan,
assess your risk tolerance,
become familiar with investment terms,
plan your asset allocations,
project future earnings, and
determine retirement payout options.

If you want help from a professional,

the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP) website can connect you to local CFP professionals..

EXPLORE

Getting Started

Regardless of how you choose to invest your money, you have access to all the investment companies' online help, including the following:

Fidelity Investments offers information to help you get started with your retirement savings plan, including basics of investing and an online dictionary of investment terms.
TIAA-CREF's Retirement Plans site has online planning information and access to TIAA-CREF customer service.

In addition, there are many publications that make financial information more accessible to the average investor:

Tracking Your Investments

These publications show how your investments are directly impacted by what is going on in the world: