Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Financial April Fools Day 2023
When have you 'acted the fool' with money? We all make mistakes, we all make money mistakes, but somehow those feel worse than other...
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The Investing Starter Kit Blog
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Mar 31, 20232 min read
Senegal 🇸🇳
Hope you have all had a good month of March. I wanted to share about a family holiday I just took. SENEGAL. In West Africa. We stayed at...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Mar 12, 20231 min read
Step 3--Increase Inflow
Step 3 in the MGB Investing Starter Kit process: look for ways to increase the amount of money flowing in. In order to invest...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Feb 28, 20231 min read
Great TEDx Talk--Success
How do you define Success? Further to this post on my beloved late grandmother, here's a beautiful take on the idea, from one of our...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Feb 27, 20231 min read
Step 2--Digit Tally!
Repetition of this key strategy for the Investing Starter Kit Process! Step 2! Are you keeping a digit tally? What method do you use?...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Feb 22, 20231 min read
1903--First Black Female Bank President, Mrs. Maggie Lena Walker
"Let us have a bank that will take nickels and turn them into dollars." Maggie Lena Walker Please take a look at this incredibly...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Feb 12, 20231 min read
Carolyn Cooper Lewis Fugett 1925-2023
My father's mother, my beloved Grandmom, died last Tuesday. She lived an incredible life of 97 years. Over the space of about a year...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Feb 3, 20231 min read
My mom’s book!
Please consider pre-ordering my mother's new book that will be coming out next month. That link is HERE.
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Feb 1, 20231 min read
Black History / Black Futures Month 🖤
Here is a portrait of my dad, financial pioneer Reginald F Lewismade by my beloved teenaged daughter. I love this so much. It's even more...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Jan 27, 20231 min read
Step 1--Begin tracking the S&P 500
We will be cycling through all 12 steps of the MGB Investing Starter Kit process over the course of the year, so let's have a refresher...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Jan 19, 20232 min read
New Year, New Financial Fluency habits
We are more than midway through the first month of 2023, and it's a great time to look at our financial progress of the year that just...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Jan 13, 20231 min read
Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
"There is nothing new about poverty. What is new is that we now have the techniques and the resources to get rid of poverty. The real...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Dec 29, 20221 min read
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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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Dec 20, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
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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