Being a stock market day trader - Here are the pros and cons - Dr Boyce Watkins. Today, I talk about being a day trader, including the pros and cons of engaging in this difficult investing work. The thing about day trading is that it's very exciting and feeds into our hunger for gambling. Millions of people have started day trading and it seems to work well when the stock market is strong. However, there's a dark side to day trading that can consist of forming a gambling addiction, losing sleep,...
Nov 23, 2021•35 min•Season 5Ep. 3
According to the Atlanta Journal- Constitution: A husband and wife who had recently moved to the Atlanta area to expand their businesses were found dead of an apparent murder-suicide earlier this month, police said. Shortly before 9 p.m. on Nov. 6, Keianna Burns, 44, shot and killed her husband, 46-year-old Ronnell Burns, before turning the gun on herself, according to Sgt. Salvador Ortega with Sandy Springs police. No one else was in the home at the time of the shootings, Ortega said. The coupl...
Nov 21, 2021•57 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Here I give an honest black perspective on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
Nov 20, 2021•32 min•Season 5Ep. 1
#KanyeWest is a great man and an amazing #rapper. A powerful follow up to #Kanye's outstanding interview on #DrinkChamps would be for him to raise a billion dollars for #BlackPeople. This can be done. Right now. @mrjaymorrison was able to raise over $11.5 million with a social media following of a few hundred thousand people. With the following that Kanye West has, along with his 15 closest friends, they could easily raise several billion dollars WITHIN A MONTH. This money would fund thousands o...
Nov 17, 2021•32 min•Season 4Ep. 82
In this conversation, Dr Boyce Watkins speaks with George C Fraser and Judge Joe Brown. The wide-ranging dialogue covers a number of epic issues on race in America and what it's going to take for black people to be successful.
Nov 13, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 4Ep. 91
Travis Scott, astroworld - The most deadly minstrel show on earth The tragedy of rapper Travis Scott is very interesting against the backdrop of over 200 rappers dying this year. Well hip-hop has often been deadly for black people, America has a different reaction when the victims are not black. Travis Scott is also in a world of trouble because of the serious legal implications of having a large, drug infested event that has led to peoples deaths. I thought about the Travis Scott situation for ...
Nov 10, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 95
Robinhood was just hacked - here's what it means for you
Nov 09, 2021•23 min•Season 4Ep. 89
We watched the Colikn Kaepernick documentary - here’s our review. According to Hyperallergic.com: As the binary nature of its title suggests, Colin in Black & White feels split down the middle. Though it’s a reference to the polarized discourse around football player Colin Kaepernick, it also feels indicative of the nearly irreconcilable divide between its two modes of presentation. One has Kaepernick onscreen as a serious presenter, delivering information about both American history and his...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 86
Summer Walker and Meek Mill appear to have horrible contracts - what happened? Today on The Black Financial Channel, I am going to speak about the horrific contracts of superstars Summer Walker and Meek Mill. I read a long Rolling Stone article about the contracts and find it quite interesting that across generations, black artists have run into the same problems. As a person who has taught finance for a very long time, I find it odd that this narrative keeps coming up, especially when there are...
Nov 07, 2021•46 min•Season 4Ep. 85
Joe Biden and the Democrats finally got an infrastructure bill passed, and it means a lot to your stock portfolio.
Nov 06, 2021•36 min•Season 4Ep. 83
Today I spoke about HBCUs and why many of them are struggling. This is important for those who care about Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Nov 04, 2021•4 min•Season 4Ep. 81
Today we discuss Why the music industry promotes the killing of black people. I find it interesting that you can't make derogatory music about any other group of people, but you can market that music when it references black people.
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 90
Donald Trump announces new social media platform
Oct 22, 2021•15 min•Season 4Ep. 87
I spoke today about the decision by Paypal to purchase Pinterest. This deal just doesn't make any sense.
Oct 22, 2021•18 min•Season 4Ep. 86
Bitcoin just hit an amazing new record high of $65,000. This is a VERY BIG deal, as the cryptocurrency has been going through a rough year. It's taken several months to get back to where it was before, and it appears that Bitcoin is on it's way in the journey to $100,000. According to CNBC, this move by bitcoin is huge for investors: Bitcoin notched a fresh all-time high on Wednesday as investors cheered the successful launch of the first U.S. bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund. The world’s la...
Oct 21, 2021•54 min•Season 4Ep. 85
Today I talk about the late Colin Powell, who just died at the age of 84. I speak about Colin's legacy and what he means to black people.
Oct 18, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 83
Chappelle made his film debut at the age of twenty in the 1993 Mel Brooks comedy Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Chappelle then took other film roles (including a small part in the Eddie Murphy-starring feature film The Nutty Professor in 1996, and co-writing and starring in stoner film Half Baked in 1998) and attempted several failed television pilots before launching his own series, Chappelle's Show on Comedy Central in 2003. The show was wildly popular and ran for two successful seasons and was no...
Oct 17, 2021•35 min•Season 4Ep. 85
Lizzo, Meek Mill, and black women stereotypes Are on our mind today for today’s pillow talk with Dr. Boyce and Dr. Alicia Watkins. Dr. Alicia happens to be an expert in the subconscious mind, as well as traditional stereotypes that are held of black women. So today, we will talk about the interesting outfit that Lizzo wore to the Cardi B party and whether or not this is an empowering image of black women or an image that is degrading. Rapper Meek Mill also received some pushback for an album cov...
Oct 16, 2021•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 81
What Kyrie Irving and other brothers might want to do right now Today, I want to talk for a second about Kyrie Irving. Kyrie is under a great deal of controvesy regarding the various mandates and other things being imposed on him by the NBA. But this leads to a question we've been asking for quite some time: Why don't these black men start their own league? Kyrie Irving is worth tens of millions of dollars. There are dozens of black athletes and celebrities worth hundreds of millions of dollars ...
Oct 14, 2021•13 min•Season 4Ep. 80
Today at the book black Labor White Wealth by Dr Claud Anderson. One long-held false belief is that the racial wealth gap was created through hard work. By breaking down the work of Dr. Anderson, I will explain why hard work is virtually meaningless if it is not accompanied by an access to capital. Also, unlike what we have learned in school, black people have worked harder than anyone else in America when it comes to building his country. So until reparations are paid for all of the hard work o...
Oct 14, 2021•36 min•Season 4Ep. 78
Does the Meek Mill Album cover disrespect black women? - Dr Boyce & Jeff Lightsy Jr. The media took note of a man who felt that the cover of Meek Mill's new album is horribly disrespectful to black women. According to Black America Web, #MeekMill should expect to receive tremendous backlash for this album: The old saying goes that art imitates life, but what happens when the art in question may be imitating a lifestyle that could be offensive to a whole race and gender of people? One very vo...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 77
Coinbase is under fire for losing crypto through a large number of hacks. According to CNBC, Coinbase is under fire: Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase started new live phone support in the wake of thousands of customer service complaints. One Los Angeles couple lost about $700,000 from their Coinbase account. The company says it was not responsible for that hack. CNBC interviewed multiple customers who tried the new support option, with some calling it “a joke.” A spokesperson for the cryptocurre...
Oct 13, 2021•29 min•Season 4Ep. 78
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a new whistleblower and this appears to be serious. According to Business Insider: Sophie Zhang, a former Facebook data scientist who went public with her criticisms of the company in September 2020, has told CNN she is willing to testify before Congress. Zhang also said on Twitter on Sunday that she had provided a US law-enforcement agency with "detailed documentation regarding potential criminal violations." When asked by CNN, Zhang did not say which agency...
Oct 12, 2021•31 min•Season 4Ep. 78
Taraji P Henson explains why she only earned $30,000 after taxes after appearing in the film, "The Curious case of Benjamin Button."
Oct 12, 2021•28 min•Season 4Ep. 78
Actress Letitia Wright may be fired from the Black Panther series for not getting the jab. I spoke on the issue today with Jeff Lightsy Jr.
Oct 11, 2021•41 min•Season 4Ep. 77
Something amazing happened to me when I went to the University of Louisville football game today.
Oct 10, 2021•30 min•Season 4Ep. 76
Today we talk about the difference between investing and gambling. Many people don't know the difference between the two.
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 75
An honest, All-Black review of the Dave Chappelle Netflix special. Today Dr Boyce and Dr Alicia Watkins review the Dave Chappelle special on Netflix called “The Closer.” Chappelle has been under fire, mostly from white liberals. According to the Hollywood Reporter: Amid a swirl of controversy around his new Netflix special, The Closer, Dave Chappelle took center stage Thursday night at a star-studded and sold-out show at L.A.’s iconic Hollywood Bowl. Though the superstar comedian did not repeat ...
Oct 08, 2021•47 min•Season 4Ep. 73
Black Justice Groups wants to Cancel Dave Chappelle on Netflix It looks like Dave Chappelle is under threat of being cancelled due to the controversial nature of his new Netflix special. We are going to have a barbershop conversation about the topic. According to Variety: Dave Chappelle is drawing a growing wave of criticism for his derogatory comments about the LGBTQ+ community in his newest Netflix stand-up special. The special, titled “The Closer,” premiered on the streamer on Tuesday and is ...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 73
Tonight, I am reading Dr Claud Anderson's book, "Black Labor, White Wealth." This is part of the Dr Boyce Book Club. You can access all lectures in The Dr Boyce Book Club by visiting http://DrBoyceBookClub.com . Dr Claud Anderson speaks about why it's not fair to compare black people to immigrants. Black Wealth has remained stubbornly low for a long period of time. Much of this is due to the lack of opportunities provided to African Americans and the way in which black wealth is stolen from the ...
Oct 07, 2021•40 min•Season 4Ep. 73
