169 Askia Davis, Sr, Investing Expert Provides End Of Year Financial Expertise On Finishing 2021 Financially Strong

<p>Stock Investor and real estate investor Askia Davis, Sr. provides a masterful review of what people should consider financially as 2021 comes to a close. One of the most important things people should consider is who they are as managers of their own personal finances.</p><p>Askia is the most interviewed guest expert on Wealth Academy Podcast. He completed a doctoral degree at Teacher's College from Columbia University. Over the course of his professional career, he has been a teacher, counselor, administrator, and senior assistant to three successive chancellors of the New York City Public Schools. Askia Davis, Sr was superintendent of schools in Harlem, and deputy regional superintendent for 140 schools serving 99,000 students in the Bronx.</p><p>Askia discusses the importance of budgeting and getting control of any and all credit card debts, personal loans, and more. </p><p>Additional financial areas to focus on at the end of 2021:</p><ol><li> Pass on generational wealth</li><li>Start learning about financial success, self-knowledge</li><li>You have to know finances for yourself</li><li>invest in the stock market, discover what your employer is invested in low return bonds, etc.</li><li>Discover what your employer is investing in</li><li>Focus on how much you are contributing to your investments, try to invest as much as possible (compound interest over time)</li><li>For young people working for a company, invest early and often</li><li>Roth IRA, work to invest as much as possible - Fidelity, Vanguard are examples of types of investments</li><li>Properly align your deductions, don't pay too much in your effort to get a larger return, use the money to invest instead</li><li>Social security, decide when you want to receive it</li><li>Get a subscription to Morning Star and the Motley Fool to educate yourself financially.</li><li>Never invest in things you don't understand</li><li>Don't invest in crypto unless you are willing to lose some of your money</li><li>Stay out of the casinos, avoid losing your money, d