(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently we have witnessed a boom in the economy, seeing the stock market continue to rise, gas prices remain affordable, but more importantly, home values are continuing to improve. That is completely flipped from a decade ago when we found homeowners underwater as values rapidly declined, as we noticed with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It may have happened bit by bit without you realizing it, or perhaps in one fatal blow to your bank account. Whatever the case, you have now reached a point where you are in a financial crisis, and you don’t see a way out. The fact that you are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Starting up a new business venture, or expanding an existing one, can make you feel like a kid in a candy store. All of a sudden, you have a bit of money to play with, and you want to go crazy with it. However, it’s essential to be sensible ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If your life is anything like my own, you know that both success and failure each carry their own set of challenges and opportunities. Being black only serves to compound these issues, because African Americans have an economic history that is littered with the symptoms of severe, long-term racial ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For the past ten years, inflation has averaged less than two percent with two exceptions: Health Care (~six percent) and College Tuition (~eight percent). An eight percent college inflation rate means the cost of college doubles every nine years. Think of it this way, if your 18-year-old daughter enters ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is not surprising to get excited with everything that’s new – new relationships, new job, new things. However, as time passes by, you will start to get bored and exhausted with it. When you’ve been working on the same company with the same job for years, things will ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first started to notice that materialism was a thing that had a severe impact on my community, I was in my senior year of high school. Growing up and all throughout high school I never travelled outside of my neighborhood so all I knew was people that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) According to the U.S. Census Report, there are 2.6 million Black-owned businesses in the country. Looking at the bigger picture, although minorities comprise nearly 40% of the entire USA population, only 17.5% of the country’s businesses are run by those minorities. However, although white males still comprise the majority ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the weekend, rapper Jay Z reopened New York City’s Website Hall and held a concert for his B-Sides 2. In the building, were his once former rival Nas and other New Yorkers like Killa Cam and Jimmy Jones. A great night for those who love all things within ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Diet and exercise: the ultimate combo. The Holy Grail when it comes to getting in shape? Not quite. Actually, it’s the two biggest words everyone hates that we’re not only going to have you get rid of, but redefine, and replace with two things that really do matter. We ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every time a reporter asks me if I would support a carbon tax, I always say that I might if it led to a dollar-for-dollar reduction in income or payroll tax rates. And the new energy tax would have to replace onerous greenhouse gas regulations. And every time I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A home is so much more than just a roof over your head. It is a place in which the raw clay of experience sculpts memories. It is a vehicle through which you can communicate your own personal style through the decoration and furnishings. And, let us be honest, ...