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by Powers Investments Management, LLC March 17, 2025
WEALTH BUILDING POWERS

DATA PROVES BLACKS’ BIAS AGAINST THE POLICE IS FALSE! 

Disclaimer: Good Day, Readers.  WealthBuildingPowers blog is a financial literacy/competency blog and does not provide specific investment recommendations.   Do the Police Use More Deadly Force Against Black People? "Bias is a natural inclination for or against an idea, object, group, or individual. It is often learned and highly dependent on socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, educational background, gender expression, gender identity, and religion." I have certain biases against the Police based on past personal experiences.   We All ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC October 7, 2024
FINANCIAL LITERACY

THE SOFT BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS

Disclaimer: Good Day, Readers.  WealthBuildingPowers blog is a financial literacy/competency blog and does not provide specific investment recommendations.    DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION - DEI Listen to the podcast version by clicking the below link Following the George Floyd incident, I learned the terminology - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion- DEI.   I benefited from Diversity, EQUALITY, and Inclusion. Equality means treating everyone the same and providing the same resources or opportunities.    “Equity recognizes we all have ...

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC April 29, 2019
FINANCIAL LITERACY

HOW COLLEGES FOOL YOU INTO OVERPAYING FOR UNDER PERFORMANCE

For the past ten years, inflation has averaged less than two percent with two exceptions:  Health Care (~six percent) and College Tuition (~eight percent).  An eight percent college inflation rate means the cost of college doubles every nine years. Think of it this way, if your 18-year-old daughter enters a State University in 2019, you/she will pay over $100,000.  If nine years later your nine-year-old son decides to attend college, you/he will pay ...

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