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Article: The company you keep.(office investment clubs)(Brief Article)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- December 1, 1999
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There are pitfalls and rewards in establishing an investment club with co-workers
If you're thinking about starting an investment club at work, your future partners could be sitting in the cubicle next door.
Investment clubs centered around the workplace have an obvious edge, says Gail Perry-Mason, one that may prove superior in helping them clear the hurdles common to clubs of all stripes. "First of all, you spend more time with co-workers than you often do with your family. Time together is limited in other settings but [there is] no limit in a workplace-based club," says Perry-Mason, vice president of investments at First of Michigan in Detroit, a ...