Robert "Bob" Powell sits down with Lazetta Rainey Braxton, founder and managing principal at The Real Wealth Coterie, to discuss the wealth gap, the value of your human capital, and how education plays a huge role in increasing your human capital.
In the full episode of Decoding Retirement Bob and Lazetta discuss generational wealth transfer, how to ensure your family learns financial literacy, how to have "the talk" and more.
Lazetta states that according to a study done by the US Department of Labor, black women earn 63 cents for every dollar earned by a white man. She says "If we are not getting the funding, the compensation, how can we keep up when trying to fund our own wealth portfolio."
Catch the full episode with Lazetta Braxton on Yahoo Finance's Decoding Retirement. Yahoo Finance's Decoding Retirement is hosted by Robert Powell, and produced by Austin Rivera. Find more episodes of Decoding Retirement at http://goldberglawma.com/?id=videos/series/decoding-retirement. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. Editor's note: This post was written by Austin Rivera.