Dominique BroadwayFounder & CEO, Finances Demystified · Turning Knowledge Into Generational Wealth

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Uploaded: 2023-02-14T15:06:59+00:00
Duration: 57 s
Channel: Dominique Broadway
Description: In this spoken segment, the speaker recounts their early fascination with making money and investing, beginning at age 16 while in high school. They…

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In this spoken segment, the speaker recounts their early fascination with making money and investing, beginning at age 16 while in high school. They self‑taught trading through books and Entrepreneur magazine, which sparked a lasting passion. The narrative continues with formal education: a bachelor's degree in banking and finance from Bowie State University, followed by an internship at UBS Financial Services, one of the world’s largest wealth‑management firms. The speaker also obtained licenses as a financial planner and stockbroker serving high‑net‑worth clients, and later earned a master’s degree in financial management from the University of Maryland. The overall story illustrates a progression from self‑directed learning to professional credentials in finance.

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Going on to high school, always just kind of starting little things, having just tons of different types of jobs, but I've always been looking for ways to make more money and to make my money work for me. So while I was also in high school, around the age of 16, I started teaching myself how to trade and invest. And it's so funny, the other day my mom actually sent me a snapshot of— and she bought me a book about how to start investing, and I read that book, and I started reading like Entrepreneur magazine, and I started teaching myself how to trade and invest when I was 16. And that passion really grew. I went on to go to Bowie State University. I got my bachelor's in banking and finance, and then I ended up getting internship at one of the largest wealth management firms in the world, which is called UBS Financial Services. My licenses as well, becoming a licensed financial planner and stockbroker for high net worth individuals, and then went on to get my master's at the University of Maryland in financial management.