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More on Co-Founder Paul on Instagram!
MGB Cofounder Paul Bryant with Wharton and Spelhouse classmate Alexandra Jenkins (Spelman C’2023) from the Morehouse Instagram. Full post is HERE . HBCUs represent! As reported in this post , Paul is a first year MBA Candidate at University of Pennsylvania's famed Wharton School of Business. Go Paul! His instagram is HERE . And are you following MultiGenerational.Black on Instagram ? We recently posted our first reel. You can see that HERE . Let us know what you think! And a

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
4 days ago1 min read


Step 11--Begin Investing!
Open a *brokerage account* and begin to *dollar-cost average* into an *S&P500 Tracking ETF*

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Nov 62 min read


Terrifying? 👻
The scariest part of investing might be just getting started

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Oct 312 min read


Tool 10--Research Home Ownership and Real Estate Investing
After the stock market, real estate investing is the next most accessible form of putting money to work, in my opinion. I bought my first apartment in 1996, using the proceeds from the life insurance payout that I had received after my father's death. After living in it, I sold it five years later for double what I had paid for it. Very satisfying. That's an example of the market going up, and I got lucky, to be honest. But something I like about real estate is: if the marke

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Oct 243 min read


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)
Oct 162 min read


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


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


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


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


2nd Anniversary of The Alabama Riverboat Uprising aka Chairteenth
Celebrating the resistance and Black resilience!

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Aug 182 min read


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


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


Mid-year Assessment
A midsummer night's check in.

Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Jul 231 min read


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


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


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


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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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Jun 271 min read


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


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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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Jun 104 min read


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


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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