6 TED talks to help you be better with money
Financial troubles can feel paralyzing, but even if you don’t have looming debts or expenses, money can still be hard to manage. Over the years, a handful of TED speakers have shared their wisdom for taking control of your personal finance. Here are some ideas to…
Overcoming Financial Illiteracy: The Curtis Carroll Way
Literacy is the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman, and child can realize his or her full potential. MoneyWise | by Rudi Lentejas
When These Walls Can Talk: Curtis “Wall Street” Carroll on Emotion, Finance, and Philosophy
“ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS A PATH FULL OF ADVERSITIES THAT TEST YOUR PERSEVERANCE AND EMOTIONAL STATE. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN YOUR IDEA MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE, BUT ALSO KNOW HOW NOT TO GET SO EMOTIONALLY INVESTED WHERE IT DESTROYS OTHER AREAS OF YOUR LIFE.” -CURTIS WALL…
Meet Curtis “Wall Street” Carroll: A Finance Prophet Currently Serving Life Sentence
San Quentin Prison Inmate Curtis Wall Street Carroll on Donald Trump
Curtis “Wall Street” Carroll, also known as the “Oracle of San Quentin,” is a murderer turned stock picker who teaches fellow inmates finance at the notorious California prison. Carroll is optimistic Donald Trump’s presidency will stimulate the economy: “Economically,…
Inmate With Stock Tips Wants To Be San Quentin’s Warren Buffett
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Robin Williams’ son teams up with San Quentin inmate to teach finance in prison
Zak Williams, son of beloved actor Robin Williams, and Curtis Carroll, an inmate, co-teach a financial literary class at San Quentin State Prison in California. Williams has an MBA from Columbia and spends a lot of his time studying behavioral finance and valuing tech…
Robin Williams’ son and a prison inmate named ‘Wall Street’ have teamed up to help those ‘who might not have been dealt a great hand in life’
After his father Robin Williams died last year, 32-year-old Zak Williams decided to explore how he could give back to the community. Robin Williams publicly struggled with addiction and mental illness, and Zak Williams says his dad had immense empathy for people who…
Robin Williams’ son and San Quentin inmate teach finance behind bars
San Quentin inmate Curtis Carroll, nicknamed “Wall Street,” spends 18 hours a day studying the stock market. He carries a folder labeled “penny stocks” with printouts of his favorite stocks, broken down by how they performed each day. He studies patterns meticulously,…
A Lifer’s Retirement Plan
Rahsaan Thomas is a 44-year-old inmate at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. He has served 15 years of a 15-to-life sentence for 2nd-degree murder, with a 35-year enhancement for using a firearm. He shot and killed two armed men who he says were stealing…