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The Investing Starter Kit Blog


What is the Time Value of Money and why is it important?
A dollar today is worth more than a dollar next year, and investing can help take advantage of that difference.

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
2 days ago2 min read
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Step 10–Write your Will, Health Care Proxy and Power of Attorney
Every adult—over 18–should have these three documents.

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Oct 91 min read
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Happy Birthday to MGB Cofounder Paul Bryant!
Paul is an MBA Candidate at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania!

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Sep 251 min read
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2nd Podcast Interview
To watch the podcast episode, click HERE . Fun experience recently doing this podcast . My message is always basically the same! But...

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Sep 81 min read
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Step 9--Create a new Money Plan
Watch the video by clicking HERE What some call a budget or a spending plan, we call a 'money plan' because it's about planning how our...

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Sep 21 min read
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2nd Anniversary of The Alabama Riverboat Uprising aka Chairteenth
Celebrating the resistance and Black resilience!

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Aug 182 min read
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If you have extra money
A neat way to assess what your options are if you have some extra cash.

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Aug 81 min read
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Step 8--Begin Paying Down Debt
If debt is feeling like a burden, there are many pathways out.

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Aug 12 min read
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Mid-year Assessment
A midsummer night's check in.

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Jul 231 min read
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What is the MGB Investing Starter Kit 6 month workshop?
Our company's whole purpose and mission are to help America achieve racial wealth parity, by making stock market investing more...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Jul 182 min read
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Step 7–Add it up!
A simple way to start gathering information about our spending and income, so that we can be prepared to invest.

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Jul 112 min read
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Meditation on the Fourth of July
Happy Independence Day. Here at MGB, we adhere to the thesis of the 1619 project , that our country was really born when the first...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Jul 42 min read
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What is a Roth IRA?
IRA stands for Individual Retirement Account and the last post about a Traditional IRA is HERE . A Roth IRA has some of the same rules,...
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Jun 271 min read
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Juneteenth—let’s see Sinners together in Harlem!
Join on Juneteenth at 8:15pm at the Magic Johnson Cinema in Harlem, to watch this incredible film together.

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Jun 172 min read
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Financial considerations for a child’s summer job or internship
Summer break is here, and many young people will be working at a summer job or internship. While earning a paycheck is exciting, it can...
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Jun 104 min read
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Step 6--Assess Debt, Net Worth plus...
The last post on Step 6 is HERE . This is a big step! Calculate your net worth, assets minus liabilities, just once a year, to get a...

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Jun 51 min read
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Step 5--Create an Abundance Fund
Start an 'abundance fund' with $500 in a checking or savings account, for those unexpected costs that pop up. This is an essential step for preparing to invest.

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
May 151 min read
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Celebrate MGB's 4th Birthday!
MGB Ice Cream Social on May 19 at Lenox Sugar Hill Creamery

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
May 21 min read
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Step 4--Get a Check-in Chum
We all need somebody to lean on. With money and investing, I have found that having an 'accountability buddy' can really help people...

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Apr 221 min read
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What the?
Have you been practicing Step 1 in the MGB Investing Starter Kit process ? If so, you have seen that the S&P 500 closed at 5,062.25 on...

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Apr 92 min read
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Financial Fluency Month--April Financial Foolishness
We have all played the fool with our finances. It's an unfortunate but necessary part of the game. Investing and financial fluency are...

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Apr 12 min read
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