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by Powers Investments Management, LLC May 27, 2024
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FINANCIAL LITERACY , MENTORS

CLASS OF 2024’s – COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER – PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!

Disclaimer: Good Day, Readers.  WealthBuildingPowers blog is a financial literacy/competency blog and does not provide specific investment recommendations.   Congratulations, Class of 2024 Screenshot In 2013, the FIRST Black President of the United States gave a commencement speech at Morehouse College. President Obama’s presence reminded us how far we've come as a nation and how you can exceed your dreams. Set your goals high.  In my opinion, this is his best speech! A FEW EXCERPTS - SEE ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC January 17, 2022
FINANCIAL LITERACY , MENTORS

I WAS TEN YEARS OLD WHEN DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WAS ASSASSINATED

And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, Black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC December 16, 2019
MENTORS , WEALTH BUILDING POWERS

DOES IT MATTER THAT 73 PERCENT OF BLACK BABIES ARE BORN TO SINGLE MOMS?

Too many black fathers, are missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. We know the statistics — that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of schools and 20 times more likely to end up in prison. They ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC December 9, 2019
FINANCIAL LITERACY , INVESTMENTS , SAVINGS

DO BLACKS LAG WHITES IN FINDING GOOD JOBS AND BUILDING WEALTH IN 2019?

You have to decide how you’re going to show up in life,” she said. “I’ve used some of my differences as a way to stand out and to hopefully count and matter — and hopefully create an opportunity for others.” Her advice to those who may want to follow in her footsteps: “Be confident in your own ideas.” “Be brave,” she said. “Bravery is not the absence of fear, it is overcoming ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC September 6, 2018
FINANCIAL LITERACY , INVESTMENTS

YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES –YOUR COMMITMENT TO A GOOD LIFE OR FEAR. PICK!

I fear failure and have sometimes avoided risk and MY OWN DREAMS. Imagine all the great things that would NOT have happened in the world if so many denied their dreams due to fear. Some of you have expressed your fears in starting to invest. People find change to be difficult and that makes us hesitate to take actions to reduce debt, build emergency savings, fund 401-K plans and ...

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