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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...
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Dec 20, 20221 min read
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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...
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Dec 16, 20221 min read
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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...
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Dec 9, 20222 min read
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Launch!
We will be doing a soft launch of The MGB Investing Starter Kit later in the month! So if you're ready to get started, and you're not...
Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Dec 2, 20221 min read
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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...
Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Nov 25, 20221 min read
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Thankful
On a day dedicated to giving thanks, we want to appreciate all of you reading this, for being interested in how we approach investing,...
Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Nov 24, 20221 min read
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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...
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Nov 18, 20222 min read
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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...
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Nov 7, 20221 min read
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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...
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Nov 2, 20222 min read
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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...
Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Oct 25, 20221 min read
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What is an Investment Banker?
Investment banking is basically financial advising for corporations, according to this article on the investing education website called...
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Oct 11, 20221 min read
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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...
Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Oct 11, 20222 min read
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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...
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Oct 3, 20221 min read
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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...
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Sep 27, 20221 min read
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Lineage
May Queen Elizabeth Rest In Peace. She served her country faithfully for 7 decades with a dedication that is unparalleled. Her funeral...
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Sep 19, 20221 min read
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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...
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Sep 13, 20222 min read
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“I’m just Serena, you know.”
Inspiration from the phenomenal Ms. Serena Williams.
Leslie Lewis (she/her)
Sep 6, 20222 min read
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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...
Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Aug 16, 20222 min read
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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...
Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Aug 12, 20221 min read
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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...
Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Aug 2, 20221 min read
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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...
Hello MGB [MultiGenerational.Black]
Jul 26, 20221 min read
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