The Investing Starter Kit Blog

Once you've got your Money Journal, what do you do with it? Well, Money Excavations is what we suggest--start to explore your relationship with money. Have you started doing any digging into your money history? Let me know in the comments! And as always, thanks for reading this. Quick Links: Step 1 in the MGB Investing Starter Kit process is HERE Step 2 is HERE  --Keep a Digit Tally, like You Need A Budget  or RocketMoney  or our free tracker HERE Step 3 is HERE What is Inv

We can 'write our own deliverance' by using the tool of a ' money journa l' to document our process. Have you bought a new notebook for your investing journey? Let me know in the comments! And as always, thanks for reading this. Quick Links: Step 1 in the MGB Investing Starter Kit process is HERE Step 2 is HERE  --Keep a Digit Tally, like You Need A Budget  or RocketMoney  or our free tracker HERE Step 3 is HERE What is Investing? is HERE What is The MGB Investing Starter Kit

If you have been watching the S&P 500 , and I hope you have, since it's Step 1 in the MGB Investing Starter Kit process, then you know:...

This brilliant book, written by Dr King in 1963 (the 100 year anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation), gives me so...

I attended President Gay's inauguration back in September, along with a group of my classmates and my daughter, and it was one of the...

Tonight's principle is KUUMBA--Creativity. Learning how to invest doesn't actually require a lot of creativity. In fact, done properly, especially for a beginner, investing seems pretty boring at first. Our concept of how to get started with investing is HERE and once you really understand it, it won't seem very creative to you. But, after following our suggestion for a few years, we feel very sure that the results of your taking action-- dollar-cost averaging into an S&P50

New York State has taken the historic step of launching a commission to explore the impact and role of African enslavement on our current...

The S&P 500 closed at 4719.19 yesterday. When I made this video in January of this year, the S&P 500 was at 3974.50. That is an 18.7%...

We made it! The 12th step in the MGB Investing Starter Kit process is a maintenance step, one that we all can conceivably continue for the rest of our lives! Basically, we cycle through the other steps regularly: Continue to pay attention to the S&P 500 track our expenses (and income) daily/regularly increase our income! work with a Check In Chum --the same one, or complete your agreement with them, and try a new person increase our Abundance Fund to 2-3 months worth of

Buy and Hold is a 'passive' investment strategy made popular by Vanguard founder John Bogle and 'the world's greatest investor' Warren...

We here at MGB can't resist a holiday with the word BLACK in it! This post isn't a sale, it's not a special, it is just a wish for you...

Well, this is it--the step we have all been waiting for. Once you have taken steps 1-10, step 11 is when you finally get to start investing! Our suggestion for the method to use is HERE . Information on opening a brokerage account is HERE . And you should read this post on Research HERE . Do you feel ready for this step? Let us know in the comments! And as always, thanks for reading this. Quick Links: Quick links: What is The MGB Investing Starter Kit? is HERE Step 1 in the M

Democracy matters.

Time to start researching S&P 500 ETFs

Thanks to those who attended the NMSDC conference in Baltimore this past week. Here's a link to the recording of the 20 minute segment:...

They say that that nothing is certain except death and taxes... We talked about taxes in step 6 . Now, let's talk about death! No one here gets out alive... So might as well not leave a mess! That's where 'ESTATE PLANNING' comes in, which basically just means--figuring out what happens to our stuff after we make our transition from our earthly bodies. 'You can't take it with you,' is another fun phrase--too true. So let's make a plan. It's not morbid, it is actually just good

https://lu.ma/gvaskdp2 If you're in New York, this panel, with three terrific other speakers, should be worth attending. It's at...

You know about a checking account or a savings account. These are accounts that allow us to store money somewhere other than under our mattresses... We get a checking or savings account through our bank. A brokerage account is also a place to store money, but one which allows us to have access to buying investments, like stocks , bonds , mutual funds and ETFs . Some of the largest brokerage companies are: Vanguard, Schwab, Fidelity. You have likely also heard of Robin Hood

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The NYSE is the world's largest marketplace for buying and selling stocks. It's also one of the oldest in the world, founded in May 1792!...