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1150: How a Black-Owned Trading Firm is Helping to Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap

Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 8 a.m.

There are many reasons for the existing racial wealth gap. The fact that most Black households don't invest does not help.

According to the Federal Reserve only 33.5% of Black households owned stocks in 2019, according to data released recently by the Federal Reserve. Among white households, the ownership rate is nearly 61%.

Guests Ernest Gains and Latoya Smith are expert investors and the founders of a Black-owned stock market and trading education company called\xa0The Profit Room, which seeks to educate students on how to confidently invest in the market and build wealth.