|
|
Article: How to launch an investment club: you've always wanted to do it. Our special workshop series will show you how. (B.E. Personal Finance, part 1)
- Article from:
- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- October 1, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Three years ago Vergie Pope and Shirley Vauls of Columbia, Maryland, called on fellow church members to form the Nia Investment Club. The 11 women had worked well together over the years so they decided to see if they were compatible investors.
"All of us had a dream of learning more about how to invest," says the club's president Francetta White. "Even though I had been investing in mutual funds and individual stocks since the '60s, I was not as knowledgeable about the market as I would have liked."
Emphasizing the educational aspect of the club, the women agreed to let their daughters join. At the time, White's 16-year-old daughter, Melanie, was the ...