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Kwanzaa 2022-3
Today's Kwanzaa principle is Ujamaa-- 'extended family,' 'community' or 'brotherhood/sisterhood' in Kiswahili, the main language of East...
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The Investing Starter Kit Blog
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
- Dec 20, 2022
- 1 min
Happy Holidays! ☃️ Check out Investor.gov
Did you know that the US Government has a whole website dedicated to helping new investors learn? One of the neat features of the site is...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
- Dec 16, 2022
- 1 min
Black Excellence at the World Cup ⚽️
Did you see the goal scored on Wednesday by Randal Kolo Muani, 44 seconds after coming off the bench? It was brilliant, and I was lucky...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min
Spiritual Board of Directors
Wednesday December 7 would have been my father's 80th birthday. To honor him, and 35 years of philanthropy, the Reginald F. Lewis...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
- Nov 25, 2022
- 1 min
Black (Wealth!) Friday
"In the Black" refers to a company's profitability-- as opposed to 'in the red,' a phrase that comes from the former practice of...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
- Nov 7, 2022
- 1 min
What's your voting plan?
Election Day is tomorrow, Tuesday November 8! Yay, Democracy! If you haven't already voted early (I have!), do you have your plan in...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
What is a Board of Directors?
Public companies are required to have a group of people called the ‘Board of Directors’ who represent the interests of the people who own...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
- Oct 25, 2022
- 1 min
99 Ways...
Back in this post, I wrote about Step 3 in the MGB Investing Starter Kit process-- finding ways to increase your income, or inflow. In...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
- Oct 11, 2022
- 1 min
What is an Investment Banker?
Investment banking is basically financial advising for corporations, according to this article on the investing education website called...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
- Oct 11, 2022
- 2 min
Get out the Vote!
We are less than 4 weeks from Election Day in the United States, when all districts will be choosing their congressperson, and many will...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
- Oct 3, 2022
- 1 min
What is an IPO?
When a private company wants to raise money, and/or wants to give the owners and employees a way to benefit more directly from the value...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
- Sep 27, 2022
- 1 min
What does 'publicly traded' mean?
In the US, a 'public company' is one where the ownership in the company is available to anyone who wants to pay the money to buy in. The...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
- Sep 13, 2022
- 2 min
Digit Tally Part 2
Let's do this! All that expense tracking you've been doing, time to try adding it up! Here's a video where I explain a little more about...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
- Sep 6, 2022
- 2 min
“I’m just Serena, you know.”
Inspiration from the phenomenal Ms. Serena Williams.
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
- Aug 16, 2022
- 2 min
It’s Never Too Early and It’s Never Too Late
I met with a friend this past week who has done well with her investments, and I asked her a question I have started to ask anyone I meet...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
- Aug 12, 2022
- 1 min
What is a Ticker Symbol?
In the olden days, the stock market used to have its results printed on a thin strip of paper called 'ticker tape' and each company had a...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
- Aug 2, 2022
- 1 min
What was your first memory of Money?
Like many, I had an allowance as a kid, although I don’t remember how much it was. I DO remember that my father was tickled by a ‘memo’ I...
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