While the first investment club on record dates back to the 1800s in Western America, the world’s first investment club was allegedly established in Texas in 1898 back in the days of the Wild West when just a few investments could be considered safe. Investment clubs were seen as an ideal way of spreading the risk- away from just cattle. In 1914 when the First World War was about to break out, the collection was […]
Karen Levingston Franklin, the founder of World Youth Foundation, is a student of education and also a mentor, life coach, and advocate for family businesses, adults, and children. She believes a person does not have to limit themselves to being only an employee. That same person equally has the ability to forge opportunities and plot their economic mobility. To clarify, economic mobility is defined as the ability of an individual, family, or group to improve […]
One day, a self-taught investor and business owner, Dan Evans came across a group of African American motorcycle enthusiasts, dressed head to toe in Harley Davidson gear. The couple strutted into a store proudly in their gear as their bikes sat parked. As Evan glanced outside at the two Harley Davidson bikes and back at the couple standing in their branded gear, he thought to himself, why don’t more African Americans own stocks in the […]
