Oyin Adedoyin

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1,572 appearances 36 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2023 last heard Feb 2025

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · More Young Black Investors Are Entering the Stock Market · 16 Jan 2024 podcast

Robert's grandfather's parents were sharecroppers. matched

And so Robert grew up sitting in his granddad's lap and seeing him read the business section of the newspaper every day. matched

And his grandfather was someone who was really keen on making their own way in the family and creating generational wealth. matched

So in 2017, when his grandfather died, matched

Robert was inspired to open his own brokerage account and learn everything that he could about investing on his own, including putting his allowance and money he got from part-time work at the local church towards this account. matched

Yeah, and Robert even says that even though his grandfather is not with us anymore, he knows that he would be proud of the work that he's doing. matched

Well, the nation's racial wealth gap still remains large. matched

Since the Great Recession, the median black and Hispanic family has had between about $10 to $15 of wealth for every $100 held by the median white family. matched

So researchers don't really know what the impact of this trend will be over the long term, but there is some optimism. matched

WSJ Your Money Briefing · Fafsa Glitches Delay Financial Aid Applications · 11 Jan 2024 podcast

Those students who would have typically known by now where they're going to go to college and would have been able to commit now might have to wait until earlier in the spring to make a definite decision and have all the pieces that they need. voice-verified

This was a complete overhaul of the FAFSA as we know it for this year. voice-verified

Some of the changes include a shortened form. voice-verified

So it used to be about 100 questions. voice-verified

Now people can answer less than 18. voice-verified

Some of the changes also included a direct connection to the IRS. voice-verified

That way, instead of having to manually input your tax information, they can just pull that data right from the IRS. voice-verified

And another change includes a change to the formula for how voice-verified

FAFSA calculates your federal and institutional aid. voice-verified

Making those changes took a lot longer than the education department realized, and that pushed the start date for the FAFSA from October 1st, which is when it usually launches, to January. voice-verified

And even with that being said, it's been kind of a rocky launch this month. voice-verified

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