Military Spouses Help Find Best Fixed Annuity Rates
In “Applications Now Available for Military Spouses to Become Accredited Financial Counselors,” a FINRA news release, a program highlighting the FINRA Investor Education Foundation Military Spouse Fellowship Program is explained. The FINRA Foundation’s goal is two-fold. They aim to give military spouses highly marketable job skills to help earn money for their family along with helping educate the military community as a whole. A lot of the military families out there struggle with high debt and a lack of retirement planning, so the hope is that this free training and certification process works to change that.
Since the program started five years ago, 188 people have graduated as Accredited Financial Counselors. Military spouses help in volunteer and paid positions with everything from finding the best fixed annuity rates to developing plans for retirement. Participants are required to finish the course and work for at least two years in the financial counseling field. This Spouse Fellowship Program is available for current and surviving spouses of both active duty and retired service members. They can be Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, National Guard, and even spouses of U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials.
