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We are less than 4 weeks from Election Day in the United States, when all districts will be choosing their congressperson, and many will...

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...

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...

May Queen Elizabeth Rest In Peace. She served her country faithfully for 7 decades with a dedication that is unparalleled. Her funeral...

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...

Inspiration from the phenomenal Ms. Serena Williams.

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...

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 short, one to three letter code that stood for that company, followed by the updated price of that company's stock. That code is known as the Ticker Symbol. Today, Ticker Symbols can have four or even five letters, and some of the most popular stocks, like AAPL or GOOGL have that format (can you guess what companies those tickers represen

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...

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...

The purpose of a company, generally speaking, is to make money, and the income statement, also known as ‘earnings’ or ‘profit and loss’...

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,...

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....

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...

How did you spend this new Federal holiday yesterday, that celebrates the moment when, a full TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER EMANCIPATION,...

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...

They say, when you're going through he**, keep going. The news out there is terrible, the market is 'terrible' and my family is actually...

Hello readers, it's June, which means Pride month--so important that all people feel free to be who they are. Love is love. In honor of...

Money affirmations are the third tool. Many of us have negative money affirmations. “I won’t have enough.” “I have to work really hard to...

If you have gotten yourself a money journal as suggested last week, this week, let’s dig a little deeper, and do some Money...

If you've handled the First Three Steps of the MGB Investing Starter Kit process, let me introduce to you the first tool: Having a Money...