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That was the headline of The Guardian , and it tells this historic moment straight. I burst into tears when I saw the news yesterday. This has just so much meaning. From Attorney Ben Crump's jubilant post on FB From a financial perspective, the movie's ownership structure is just brilliant, as I wrote in my Juneteenth post about the film HERE . One of the reasons this film is such a masterpiece, that will become part of the cannon, is the racist history of filmmaking in thi

Some beautiful history on children's role in the Civil Rights movements on The Lewis website HERE . Monday is also the 33rd anniversary of RFL's death. RIP Cute sketch from the Wright Museum on Instagram . They are also promoting this 3-Day Wealth Creation Summit happening next week, online. Hope your day is meaningful. Quick Links: What is Investing? is HERE What is The MGB Investing Starter Kit? is HERE Step 1 in the MGB Investing Starter Kit process is HERE Step 2 is HE

A practice of giving back can inspire us.

Kwanzaa is a beautiful 7 day holiday that origially was unique to African Americans, although in its almost 60 years history (next year will be the 60th anniversary of its creation) it has become a Pan-African holiday celebrated all over the world. Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966, the brainchild of Dr. Maulana Karenga, in response to the uprising in Watts, California, during the summer of 1965. The holiday acknowledges and celebrates the qualities of the African Diaspor

Link to the last video on step 12 is HERE . Link to watch this week's video is HERE We made it to December! All 12 steps of the MGB Investing Starter Kit Process. This step is about the ongoing maintenance required for financial fluency, AND paying it forward--teaching others about the process. Speaking of paying it forward, I have learned a lot from a wonderful teacher named Leah Fisch , and she has a $37 course on Monday that I will give one free admission to the first per

Have you been waiting for to enroll in MGB Money Study Hall? if so, this is your sign! Today through Sunday only, two people can enroll for the price of one! Click HERE to enroll yourself and a friend for 6 months of MGB Money Study Hall For more info about the class, you can click HERE . If you have any questions, email Hello@MultiGenerational.Black , or send a text to 917.971.6615. Would love to see you and a friend in class! We have a special New Year's class on December

Thankful for the tools and the time

Click HERE to watch this week's video Getting good financial advice can be a godsend. It can make a big difference to a person's long term wealth. But of course, we must use discernment. When shopping around for an advisor, anyone can look up the advisor's name on BrokerCheck from FINRA, the organization that regulates the financial industry. That link is below: https://brokercheck.finra.org/ Have you thought about getting a financial advisor? Would you be willing try havin

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

Open a *brokerage account* and begin to *dollar-cost average* into an *S&P500 Tracking ETF*

The scariest part of investing might be just getting started

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

A dollar today is worth more than a dollar next year, and investing can help take advantage of that difference.

Every adult—over 18–should have these three documents.

Paul is an MBA Candidate at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania!

To watch the podcast episode, click HERE . Fun experience recently doing this podcast . My message is always basically the same! But...

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 funds are used, with our long-term goal of financial freedom, in mind. Here is previous post on Step 9: https://www.theinvestingstarterkit.black/post/step-9-create-a-new-money-plan And here's the link to the post I mention in this week's video, a flow chart on how you might think about deploying your money: https://www.theinvestingstarterkit.

Celebrating the resistance and Black resilience!

A neat way to assess what your options are if you have some extra cash.

If debt is feeling like a burden, there are many pathways out.

A midsummer night's check in.