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Why should you become financially literate with Aaron Smith
Aaron Smith a Registered Financial Consultant, radio host, motivational speaker and author of In the Black: The Ultimate 9 Step Plan For Financial Fitness which provides a down to earth, nine step plan to take control of your financial future joins Enterprise Radio. Aaron is also the founder and president of Richmond-Virginia headquartered AW Smith Financial Group with a national client base.
Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Aaron Smith discuss the following:
- What is the definition of Financial Literacy?
- How do you know if you are Financially Literate or Financially Fit?
- What are ways you can educate yourself and still have fun?
- Why should you become financially literate? Can’t you be happily ignorant?
- Is it ever too late to become financially literate or financially fit and what are some basic steps toward putting someone on a path to financial fitness?
- What are the top issues people are facing these days?
- How do you predict your readiness for retirement?
Duration: 9:21
Richmond native Aaron Smith is a celebrated author, media luminary, radio host, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and financial expert with over 20 years of experience. His clients include individuals, business owners, and professional athletes.
Mr. Smith has appeared or been featured in numerous national and regional media outlets to include: Black Enterprise, The NAIFA’s Advisor, Ebony, The Register, The Atlanta Post, Investment News, USA Today, Inside Business, the Richmond Free Press, The Richmond Times Dispatch, Financial Advisor, Dow Jones NewsWire and the Wall Street Journal. Aaron has also appeared as a frequent guest on the ABC affiliate, WRIC-8 and the CBS affiliate WTVR 6. He has also appeared on NPR, “Money Wisdom for Women” international radio cast and was featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Smith has a weekly radio show, The Aaron Smith Show, which he hosts live in Washington DC.
His first book, In the Black: Live Faithfully, Prosper Financially—The Ultimate 9-Step Plan for Financial Fitness, was published in 2009 by Harper Collins. Smith is a contributing author to 65 Things To Do When You Retire published in 2012.
Mr. Smith has delivered financial education and training for myriad public and private organizations to include the Richmond Police Department, Genworth Financial, Inc., the U.S. Navy, and numerous branches of the Federal Government. He has also addressed the Black Caucus, Washington D.C., SBC Bank USA, New York, NY; Bethel AME Church, Baltimore, Maryland; and 100 Black Men Annual Conference NY, NY. In February, 2012, Smith delivered the keynote address at Virginia State University for the Black Executive Exchange Program started by the National Urban League.
Mr. Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Richmond, with a major in sociology and a minor in economics. At the University of Richmond he was a four-year letterman in football as a running back.
AW Smith Financial Group also has an office in National Harbor, Maryland to service the firms’ Maryland, Washington D.C, and Northern Virginia clients. Aaron is the past board president, Richmond Community Senior Center. Aaron and his wife, Patricia, and their two children live in Richmond. For more information, visit www.awsmithfinancial.com or www.intheblack.com.
Links: www.awsmithfinancial.com
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