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Inflation reached a 40-year high in the United States in 2022 and we are still feeling the effects in October 2023. The year-to-date inflation rate in the United States was 5.9% through August 2023. That's almost double what inflation averages historically.
Managing your money is an ongoing journey with various stages throughout your life. By empowering yourself with knowledge, you've taken a crucial step. Now, take action and prioritize your financial well-being.
Manage Your Money: My Financial Journey (excerpt)
Some will say that making money mistakes when you are young is acceptable because you are learning. I say if we learn the principles of wealth management and teach the generations that are to come, they can avoid the pitfalls that caused us to stumble.
I’ve done it all right and done it all wrong. Although I have an undergraduate degree in Finance (from the amazing Florida State University), I did not have one personal finance class throughout my academic career. I graduated with 20+ credit cards. Do you remember the organizers with the slots for cards, I was the person who filled them all up with different credit cards and I was crazy enough to carry them with me. Can we say prime target for identity theft?
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The Stock Market is Crashing
On October 10, 2018, at 3:45PM EST, I looked at my account and all I saw was red. All I could ask myself was “what the heck is going on today”. I didn’t know if what was happening was related to the political climate in the U.S. or if something had taken place internationally. I flipped on CNN and Bloomberg and saw, “BREAKING NEWS - STOCK MARKET DOWN 800 POINTS”.
Everyone is panicking and selling out of their positions.
