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The Election is Over, Setting Our $8M Wealth Goal for 2032
Finally no more election shenanigans, time to get back to building wealth again. Another added benefit of post-November, we can kiss the $12 billion election ad campaigns goodbye. It’s time for the Shen Yu ads to run through February 2025. Seriously, those election ads cost an estimated $12 billion. This is a hint for anyone who wants to pursue a political media, analyst, or strategist career. They get paid a median of $175,000 plus. That’s neither here nor there. For my household, it’s time to plan. In the shadow of election tension during Obama’s second term (2016), we realized that Investing (Not Policy) was our best bet toward financial freedom.…
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This November, Opt to Vote For Your Household’s Wealth
This is the time of year when we are inundated with election ads asking for us to vote and donate to our preferred candidate or party. That got tired quickly. I hate ads and don’t understand why multi-millionaires need to spend an estimated $12 billion of 2024 campaign funds on marketing. This is up nearly 30% from the 2020 presidential election. Again, it’s not their own money. To keep it brief, the last time I voted was in November 2012. After an odd racially charged interaction with a volunteer poll worker for the city of Tallahassee (FL), because I’m visibly Black with a Hispanic last name, I started to question…
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How to Build a More Secure Financial Future in 2024
Coming off of 2020-2021 with $200k net worth increases year over year, the market slowed drastically for 2022 and 2023. We're Tracking Still Growth over Losses.
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How We Created $30k Wealth Investments in December
Early December Santa Claus helped to sweeten 2023. Our stock performance bumped up 28% and our net worth followed.
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How Did Black Wealth Increase by 60%
In a surprising turn of events, median Black household wealth increased by 60 percent from 2019 through 2022. This represents a significant boost of $17,000. Ultimately, this is a great offset to the seismic decrease of 61 percent from 2007 through 2010. According to the recent 2022 Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances, the median American household experienced a 37 percent boost. This represents a (net) positive increase through the pandemic. What changed? And, will this pivot help to improve the odds of reaching racial wealth parity? Why does this increase in Black Wealth Matter? As of Q3 2023, Black households held less than 5 percent of total US wealth. In…
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Watching Our Wealth Grow Over $1,000,000 in 2023
Coming off of 2020-2021 with $200k net worth increases year over year, the market slowed drastically for 2022 and 2023. We're Tracking Still Growth over Losses.
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How to Craft An Annual Financial Strategy with TNFG
If 2022 was challenging, just know that 2023 will be even tougher. Crafting a financial strategy is the key to growing your wealth.
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Improving Your Cash Flow is the Key to Wealth
For starters, welcome to The Neighborhood Finance Guy website where we discuss financial literacy topics such as How to Grow Your Wealth, Building a Better Cash Flow Strategy, Investment, Retirement and more. My goal is to help you make effective decisions and set S.M.A.R.T+E.R. goals with your money. As always, the information is FREE but the struggle is not sold separately. Ever Heard About Cash Flow? The first time I ever heard of the term cash flow was in Cost Accounting class. Even then, it was kinda abstract. By definition, a cash flow statement provides data regarding all cash inflows that a company receives from its ongoing operations and external…
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You Can’t Build Wealth Without $15k Losses in December
December Santa Claus Breakdown is more sour than sweet in 2022. Stocks slipped 20% and our net worth followed. Almost $15k down from November.
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Watching Our Wealth Grow Over $750,000 in 2022
Coming off of two years with $200k net worth increases, we are going for $250k increase in our household net worth in 2022. Go Big!
