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- Sep 23, 2021
- 6 min
4 Smart Money Moves to Plan for Financial Security
It’s easy to put off important tasks and say you’ll do them some other day. We all do it, from waiting to wash laundry until there’s no...
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- Jun 23, 2021
- 3 min
Your Home Is a Bad Investment.
I can already feel the frustration that this blog post title is potentially creating, and honestly I am okay with it. If you ask anyone...
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- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
The Housing Market Taught Us What?
One of the hottest topics right now is the crazy housing market. Everyone I know has in some way been impacted by the market. For my...
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- Jun 14, 2021
- 4 min
It is okay to help your family financially.
As I have stated in the past, I am Nigerian-American. My parents immigrated to this country in the late 70’s to provide me and my...
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- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
What Jay-Z Taught Us About Investing?
I started DJ’ing two years ago, and with my newfound love for mixing music came a love for late 90’s and early 2000’s hip hop and rap...
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- May 19, 2021
- 4 min
Equity Compensation Is Not Your Fathers Retirement Plan
Out of curiosity, have you had the craft beer called “It’s Not Your Father’s Root Beer”? If you have not, you should try it because it’s...
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- May 5, 2021
- 3 min
Benefits Of Your 401(k)
I love basketball because it allows me to make analogies and/or parallels to finances. Basketball has something called the 3 second rule...
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- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
Biggest Financial Mistakes In Your 20's
Trust me I get it your twenties are not what the movies said, there is a lot of transition during this period of our lives. Some of us...
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- Apr 6, 2021
- 3 min
Is College Worth It
Sadly, the first thing I do when I wake up is check my Twitter feed, then Instagram, and if I have time, my Gen Z tendencies kick in and...
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- Feb 26, 2021
- 4 min
Black History Month Spotlight - Dasarte Yarnway
Drizzy Dasarte Rogers? That didn’t work? If you do not get the reference, Lil Wayne gave Drake the nickname Drizzy Drake Rogers in one of...
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- Feb 22, 2021
- 4 min
Black History Month Spotlight- Tyrone V Ross Jr.
Going into this year (and, with this being Black History Month), I knew I not only had to write about some of the financial injustices my...
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- Feb 15, 2021
- 5 min
What If I Were Not Given Boots to Pull Myself Up By
Being February, it is Black History Month. Growing up, this was one of my favorite times in school because I was able to learn about...
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- Nov 12, 2020
- 5 min
Will Our Generation Be Good Investors?
A deeper look into your financial fears
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- Sep 15, 2020
- 4 min
I Suck With Money Too
A sample phone call between my mother and me. ME (in desperation) Iye (“mother” in my language) can you put some money in my account,...
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- Jun 11, 2020
- 6 min
Do Not Hire Me to Fill a Box
“To this day, Grandma 'fraid what I might say They gon' have to kill me, Grandmama, I'm not they slave” -Shawn Carter Financial Advisor,...
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- Apr 30, 2020
- 5 min
Do Not Let The Corona Virus Infect Your Financial Health
What should we learn from all that is going on? Read this post as I unpack some simple steps we can all take.
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- Feb 18, 2020
- 4 min
Finding Myself Through Financial Planning
Mari Kate talks about her experience as a Financial Planning Major. And how the major and profession impacted her beyond the class room
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- Feb 3, 2020
- 3 min
Black Young Money
People say the money of the future is cryptocurrency. Some might tell you to invest in Technology, while others may say that investing in...
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- Jan 23, 2020
- 3 min
Why Be Rich When You Can Be Wealthy
Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a financial planning student? Stranger: “Hey what is your major?” Me: “Oh, I am a financial...
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