Financeology: how to grow your money: Recent Episodes

Bay Area Youth Financial Initiative

Welcome to Financeology: aka how to grow your money! Learn everything your school doesn't teach you from budgeting for the new shoe drop to deciding which credit card to apply for.

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The average cost of raising a child is $233,610 and that number will only rise with inflation. In this episode, the BAYFI team discusses potential solutions to decreasing this cost and ways of becoming more financially independent. 

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American High School DECA plays BAYFI's parody version of "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader!" We ask a series of questions under the topics of financial planning, budgeting, investing, credit/loans, retirement and careers and education. Don't forget to play along!

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This is Part 5 of our 5 part series on the election economic policies! How are Biden and Trump going to tackle taxation? Listen to find out!

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This is Part 4 of our 5 part series on the election economic policies! How are Biden and Trump going to respond to climate change? Listen to find out!

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This is Part 3 of our 5 part series on the election economic policies! How are Biden and Trump going to change health care in America? Listen to find out!

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This is Part 2 of our 5 part series on the election economic policies! How are Biden and Trump going to respond to the student loans crisis? Listen to find out!

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This is Part 1 of our 5 part series on the election economic policies! How are Biden and Trump going to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic? Listen to find out! 

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In this episode, we interviewed Fremont city councilwoman Teresa Keng who is also the proud owner the Taiwanese restaurant Milk & Honey. With her, we discuss the repercussions of Covid-19 on small businesses and how they are coping with the immediate transition to e-commerce driven business. 

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In Part 2 of this episode, we analyze the difficulty minorities face when trying to improve their financial literacy and identify solutions to fix this educational inequality.

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In this episode's Part 1, we talk about the effects of racism on marginalized groups, specifically the African American community. American policies and institutions have consistently tried to hinder socio-economic mobility for these groups by restricting wealth, employment, housing, education and insurance, continuing the cycle of poverty. 

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In this episode, we interviewed Justin Oh, a former NYC hedge fund analyst and now a tech CFO, who has over 100K followers on his various social media. We talk about some easy personal finance skills to practice and how to stay safe while investing in the volatile market during COVID-19. 

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Welcome to Financeology: aka how to grow your money! Learn everything your schools doesn't teach you from budgeting for the new shoe drop to deciding which credit card to apply for.