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by Powers Investments Management, LLC August 20, 2025
FINANCIAL LITERACY , MENTORS

🇺🇸 Harry S. Truman: A Fiercely Principled Role Model – Today’s Deep Dive Podcast:

Disclaimer: Good Day, Readers.  The WealthBuildingPowers blog is a financial literacy/competency blog, and it does not provide specific investment recommendations.   Click to play: 🇺🇸 Harry S. Truman: A Fiercely Principled Role Model.  Podcast created with Alphabet’s Notebook LM. "President Harry Truman—Quiet, Plainspoken, Fiercely Principled!" Today's podcast discusses the leadership and significant decisions of President Harry S. Truman. The podcast highlights Truman's steady demeanor as a WWI officer and his surprising ascent to the ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC August 15, 2025
FINANCIAL LITERACY

My Dreams Ran Into An Affirmative Action Concrete Wall! Today’s Deep Dive Podcast:

Disclaimer: Good Day, Readers.  The WealthBuildingPowers blog is a financial literacy/competency blog, and it does not provide specific investment recommendations.   Click to play: My Dreams Ran Into An Affirmative Action Concrete Wall!  Podcast created with Alphabet’s Notebook LM. Today’s podcast shares my personal story about affirmative action in college admissions. Being admitted to NC State University in 1976, despite lacking academic preparedness, led to significant struggles, a loss of confidence, and the abandonment ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC August 8, 2025
FINANCIAL LITERACY

Reading to Your Children: Their Path to Success – Today’s Deep Dive Podcast:

Disclaimer: Good Day, Readers.  The WealthBuildingPowers blog is a financial literacy/competency blog, and it does not provide specific investment recommendations.   Click to play: Reading to Your Children: Their Path to Success.  Podcast created with Alphabet’s Notebook LM. Reading to Your Children: A Path to Success Today’s podcast emphasizes the critical importance of reading to children for their overall development and future success. At-home reading has a significant impact on cognitive growth, vocabulary, imagination, ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC August 4, 2025
FINANCIAL LITERACY

I’m Up 6,500% on This Stock! And Holding!

Disclaimer: Good Day, Readers.  The WealthBuildingPowers blog is a financial literacy and competency blog, and it does not provide specific investment recommendations.   Holding Nvidia Stock Sometimes Felt Like Riding The Starship Enterprise With Kirk Yelling "Scotty, More Power!" Prefer Listening: Click Below Back in 2016, I initiated a position in Nvidia Corporation (NVDA). The decision was the culmination of years of observation, analysis, and belief in the company’s leadership and vision. Here’s how I ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC July 28, 2025
FINANCIAL LITERACY

Sharing 60 Years Of Wealth Building Lessons!

Disclaimer: Good Day, Readers.  The WealthBuildingPowers blog is a financial literacy/competency blog, and it does not provide specific investment recommendations.   Prefer to listen, click the above podcast. Today's blog shares the lessons I learned about wealth creation. Some can help you avoid the many mistakes I made along the way. One of the most critical decisions in life isn’t where to go to college—it’s who you choose to marry. A strong ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC July 25, 2025
FINANCIAL LITERACY

What If I Had Been Born White? – Today’s Deep Dive Podcast:

Disclaimer: Good Day, Readers.  WealthBuildingPowers blog is a financial literacy/competency blog and does not provide specific investment recommendations.   Click to play today's podcast:  Podcast created with Alphabet’s Notebook LM. What If I Had Been Born White? Wow - I have less hair and need some sun! Today’s podcast explores the concept of the "ovarian lottery" as described by Warren Buffett, emphasizing how birth circumstances significantly influence life outcomes. I recall my experiences growing up Black ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC July 21, 2025
FINANCIAL LITERACY

How Affirmative Action Derailed My Dream

Disclaimer: Good Day, Readers.  The WealthBuildingPowers blog is a financial literacy and competency blog, and it does not provide specific investment recommendations.     "Benefiting" From Affirmative Action Derailed My Dream What happens when opportunity arrives before preparation? I learned the hard way. My story isn't just about a college experience—it's about a dream derailed by questionable actions and flawed systems. If you're a student weighing college offers, a parent advising from the sidelines, or ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC July 18, 2025
FINANCIAL LITERACY

For 40 Million Americans Living In Poverty, Affirmative Action and DEI Type Programs Failed! We NEED Common-Sense, Effective Solutions. – Today’s Deep Dive Podcast:

Disclaimer: Good Day, Readers.  The WealthBuildingPowers blog is a financial literacy and competency blog, and it does not provide specific investment recommendations.   Click to play: We NEED Common-Sense, Real Solutions. - Today's Deep Dive Podcast:  Podcast created with Alphabet’s Notebook LM. Affirmative Action and DEI Type Programs Failed to Lift Millions Out of Poverty! We NEED Common-Sense, Effective Solutions. Today’s podcast focuses on addressing poverty and economic inequality in America by promoting financial ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC July 14, 2025
FINANCIAL LITERACY

Teach Your Kids to Read or to Live in Poverty.

Disclaimer: Good Day, Readers.  WealthBuildingPowers blog is a financial literacy/competency blog and does not provide specific investment recommendations.   Read to Your Children: Give Them A Better Future! Click below if you prefer the audio version. Barak Obama When my beautiful daughter was a baby, I became her Audible app—no batteries required, chocolate preferred.  I read countless children’s books to her, many thoughtfully chosen by her grandmom, a retired schoolteacher.  Growing up in a home filled with avid ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC July 11, 2025
FINANCIAL LITERACY

The Black Wealth Gap: 350 Years And Counting -Today’s Deep Dive Podcast:

Disclaimer: Good Day, Readers.  WealthBuildingPowers blog is a financial literacy/competency blog and does not provide specific investment recommendations.   Click to play: The Black Wealth Gap: 350 Years And Counting!  Podcast created with Alphabet’s Notebook LM. The Black Wealth Gap: 350 Years And Counting! Today’s podcast/blog emphasizes the persistent financial struggles faced by African Americans, who have historically ranked last in household income for centuries. Factors like slavery and racism have contributed to this ...

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