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Moneywise Series Description
Moneywise with Kelvin Boston continues to bring financial literacy to public television audiences. The Moneywise series is the nation’s premiere multicultural financial and business affairs program. Each episode teaches viewers the necessary skills to understand basic financial planning concepts, increase their net worth, and use their financial resources more effectively. In 2009, Moneywise with Kelvin Boston begun taping its seventh season on public television, making it the longest running multicultural financial and business affairs program on this arena.
Kelvin Boston, the host of the Moneywise series, has devoted his career to the belief that financial education is the best tool to combat poverty and financial illiteracy in America. He is president of Boston Media Inc., the company responsible for creating, co-producing and marketing the show. He is the author of the best-selling book Smart Money Moves for African Americans (Putnam 1996) and Who's Afraid to Be A Millionaire? (Wiley, John & Sons, Inc.) and conducts dynamic and informative financial planning seminars around the country. The New York Times has referred to Kelvin Boston as an "outspoken voice for Black economic empowerment."
Each episode of Moneywise with Kelvin Boston examines one pertinent issue that viewers face in their day-to-day lives. Through in-studio panel discussions, viewers receive practical information and “jargon free” financial advice from experts and bestselling authors. Profiles of Americans from diverse economic and cultural backgrounds demonstrate how the issues at hand are being tackled everyday by real people. Recent episodes include:
- Avoiding foreclosure
- Teen entrepreneurs
- Retirement planning for government workers
- Responsible lending
- Tightwad budgeting
- Military deployment and money
- Annuities
- Financial planning for singles
- Financial anxiety
- Diversity in the financial sector
- Rebuilding your savings after the economic downturn
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