Chicago teens find success investing in the stock market

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The boys have been investing since 2012 — when they were just six and seven years old — through a custodial account managed by their parents.

"As little kids, we obviously didn't have all the stock information, but we knew what we liked, we knew our interests," said Wesley Williams.DOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 CHICAGO APP FOR BREAKING NEWS ALERTS

"Once they got the hang of it, we kinda stepped way back, and now they pretty much — they run their own meetings," said Mario Davis, Sr. "They are the sole deciders on what stock they buy, like we have zero input." At just 16 and 17 years old, the teens' portfolio is valued in the six figures — but their mission is beyond financial gain.

"We don't have a monetary or financial goal," said Micah Askew. "We just wanna be the best version of ourselves."Advertisement "We’re usually in the street like gang banging, and killing each other, like doing drugs and stuff, but to see like a young group of Black people investing, wearing suits, being successful, this shows that like we’re not what people think we are, we’re more than that," said Gills.that I have read and agree

 

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