Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Wakandan
Have you seen this movie? Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever --It's brilliant. So moving. But what does it have to do with investing? As...
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The Investing Starter Kit Blog
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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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
- Jul 26, 2022
- 1 min
Free Digit Tally Money Tracker
One of our readers suggested this, so here it is: a free example of step two --to begin tracking your expenses. Link to this MGB Digit...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
- Jul 20, 2022
- 1 min
What is an Income Statement?
The purpose of a company, generally speaking, is to make money, and the income statement, also known as ‘earnings’ or ‘profit and loss’...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
- Jul 12, 2022
- 2 min
What is a Balance Sheet?
In investing, it's important to understand what we are investing in. One of the tools to evaluate a company is called its Balance Sheet,...
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
- Jul 7, 2022
- 1 min
Mid year review
We are just past the halfway point of 2022 and it's an opportunity to take stock of our financial picture, as it relates to investing....
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Leslie Lewis (she/her)
- Jun 27, 2022
- 1 min
Financial self care
Money touches so many areas of our lives, so that when we are having a hard time, money issues can either be a balm or make things feel...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
- Jun 21, 2022
- 1 min
Juneteenth 2022 🖤❤️💚
How did you spend this new Federal holiday yesterday, that celebrates the moment when, a full TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER EMANCIPATION,...
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Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
- Jun 17, 2022
- 1 min
Welcome! and What is a recession?
Hello to all the new followers—thanks for subscribing. So glad you all are here to learn how to get started with investing. Some of you...
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