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To live comfortably now and in retirement, setting financial goals for the short-, mid-, and long-term is crucial. Here are the key steps to take.

Smart strategies for banking, budgeting, loans and credit, home buying, retirement, insurance, and taxes. Browse Investopedia’s expert written library to learn more.

With this free, educational resource hub from Investopedia, you can break down the jargon and teach financial literacy to the next generation.

Just being able to make your credit card payments isn’t enough. Here are some tips on how to become more financially responsible.

A wealth of information is at your fingertips, and getting started is easy. Tap these resources to learn about finance.

The data says there’s a racial gap in financial literacy. Here’s what else it says.

Investopedia rounds up the best educational content for students, teachers, and anyone else interested in learning personal finance and investing.

Generational wealth refers to assets passed by one generation of a family to another, such as stocks, bonds, real estate, and family businesses.

This checklist will help you get started as an intelligent and successful investor. It focuses on key personal attitudes and strategic frameworks.

From books and magazines to podcasts and in-person community events, there’s no shortage of valuable tools that you can use to increase your financial knowledge.

Only 22.7% of U.S. students are required to take a personal finance course. Which states have the highest levels of personal finance education?

Apply for a zero-interest microloan to help fuel your business and Black economic empowerment in Southern California.

These Black investors are known for their extraordinary accomplishments, with some achieving success at a time when few Black people worked in finance.

These 11 inspiring Black entrepreneurs show what it takes to triumph against the odds.

A look at the select group of Black-owned companies that have gone public: who they are, what they do, and the special challenges such businesses face.

An excerpt from “Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires,” by Shomari Wills.

Until relatively recently, historical accounts neglected the role Black Americans played in the building of American capitalism.

It’s essential to consider this moment as an opportunity to start banking with some of the few Black-owned banks.

The number of Black-owned banks has diminished over the years, but the ones that remain provide important financial services to local communities.

According to the Federal Reserve, Black people are two times more likely to be denied credit than their white counterparts—regardless of income level. This discriminatory practice, also known as redlining, has contributed to disparities in wealth between Black and white households. To combat this

The wealth gap between Black and white Americans is examined in this installment of the “Unequal” series.

Can financial literacy help close the racial wealth gap in America? Learn how personal finance education can impact the Black community.

Black and the African American community face many financial barriers. Here are expert advice and solutions to help build wealth and overcome the racial wealth gap.

Prosperity Now works to ensure everyone in our country has a clear path to financial stability, wealth and prosperity.

Explore our free programs designed to support your path to effectively manage money, own a home, start a business or recover from a disaster.

NEFE is the leading nonprofit national foundation dedicated to inspiring empowered financial decision making for individuals and families.

Welcome to Mama & Money— a site dedicated to helping mamas make and manage money so that they can become financially free. If that sounds like what you’re looking for, then you’ll want to start

Dr. Rashae Barnes has reason to celebrate after securing a national holiday that honors Black entrepreneurs in the funding industry throughout the US.

Last month, YC-backed fintech Verto, in light of SVB’s fallout, launched safeguarded accounts for African startups and investors.

Hefty debt and caring for loved ones are weighing on the nation’s largest population group, according to a new poll.

Today, Alex David the president and CEO of Names Stifel Independent Advisors was announced as Incoming Chairman Emeritus for the Association.

Black Enterprise caught up with executive Justin McCurdy to find out what got him involved in wealth management and the importance of African American wealth management advisers as a career option.

Credit cards and lending companies lure you into a debt cycle. Mic’s AJ Dellinger has an idea to make things a little more fair.

A new article cowritten by the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King claims the credit score system is designed to hold back people of color.

The stock market is a place where small stakes of ownership in companies, called shares, can be bought and sold.

Despite the looming uncertainty, members of Gen Z maintains an optimistic outlook about their financial future

New research shows less than half of Black ‘Gen Xers’ believes that they will be able to retire by age 70, new research shows.