Making Money Moves While Single
Every dollar counts, literally every wealth journey starts with that first sum. We have to move our mindsets from waiting until we have “X amount of money” to start, or our lives are set a certain way, and instead commit to investing from wherever we are now. What better time than the present to take […]
3 Best Investing Books For Beginners That You Need To Read Right Now
Looking to start your investment journey? Clueless as to where to start? I know! I have heard it quite often in my line of business. Fret not though, your girl is here to help you out. Read ahead because I want to hook you up on the three best investment books for beginners that you […]
How to Manage Your Paychecks Better
Let me tell you a story about one of my clients, let’s call her Mary. Mary is in a really good job, she’s in a corporate position and making good money but, before she became a client at Profit Jumpstarter, she was finding it hard to invest money each month. What kept happening was that […]
What’s Love Got to Do With Money
Not many people know that my husband and I have been together since 1999, yup! Way back when Missy Elliot, Jay Z, and DMX were trending, and “Hot Boys” was one of the popular songs at that time, and let me tell you, I was very happy because I had a hot boy! Being together […]
How to Buy your First Home even if you didn’t grow up with money
I bought my first house in my 20’s and boy was I scared. Who was I to be buying a house so young? Remember, I didn’t grow up with money and owning a home with one of the biggest dreams in my childhood. My mother bought her house in her late 30’s and so I […]
Your Self-Worth Is Tied To Your Net Worth
One of the things we have to know as first-generation money makers who are making money moves in our family and in our friendship circles is that we have to understand that our net worth is tied to our self-worth. You have to feel like a millionaire if you want to be a millionaire. There […]
The Importance of Your Emergency Fund
I’m always telling you to put money in your emergency fund and for good reason because life has a funny way of throwing us curve balls when we least expect it. Just recently we had to take my son Jack to the dentist because he had two little cavities that needed special attention. Now my […]
How To Invest With Confidence
With everything that is happening now the easiest thing to say is, “I’m going to stop investing, I’m going to stop putting my money in the bank because I’ve worked too hard for my money and I don’t want anyone to steal it. While understanding that this way of thinking seems logical, it isn’t, if […]
Investing Internationally
Have you ever thought of investing outside of where you live? I mean, actually owning property, stocks, real estate and bond portfolios, and other investments in another country. When we think about investing, most people think local but as investors, we have to think bigger than that. Listen, if you are an investor that only […]
Trust But Verify
I remember when I just started working in Canada as a Portfolio manager and I had to be trained on the investment desk to do international investments for the 250 clients I now had. I was managing over C$100 billion and it was very new to me because the type of investments I was doing […]