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What The Wealthy Do

What The Wealthy Do

What The Wealthy Do 47 Episodes Oct 7, 2026

What The Wealthy Do is a 15-minute podcast that provides financial wisdom specifically for Black women. It decodes the strategies used by the wealthy to build and grow wealth, offering practical advice for listeners on their own wealth-building journey. New episodes are released every Wealthy Wednesday, starting July 2, 2025.

Episodes

Breaking Into Private Markets: Margins Capital Fund 1 Investment #1 (Fizz)
Breaking Into Private Markets: Margins Capital Fund 1 Investment #1 (Fizz) Oct 7, 2026 00:17:50 Our first investment in Margins Capital Fund 1 went to zero.This is the investment story nobody talks about. The losses. The lessons. The resilience needed to keep going.In this episode, Stephanie Dorsey walks through Margins Capital's first real investment: Fizz (later rebranded to Mine), a fintech startup solving credit building for Gen Z. You'll see exactly how the due diligence framewo
Breaking Into Private Markets: The Margins Capital Fund 1 Origin Story
Breaking Into Private Markets: The Margins Capital Fund 1 Origin Story Sep 30, 2026 00:17:45 Private markets are gatekept. Only the ultra-wealthy have access. Only those with connections get in. That's what everyone said.So Stephanie Dorsey decided to blow the gates wide open.In this episode, Stephanie shares the origin story of Margins Capital and how she went from being excluded from private market investing to creating a fund that democratizes access for high-earning women and peop
How to Invest When the Market Is Irrational: The Alignment Strategy
How to Invest When the Market Is Irrational: The Alignment Strategy Sep 23, 2026 00:13:45 The stock market is being propped up by powerful players, government intervention, and artificial conditions. Ken Griffith manipulating markets. Donald Trump tweeting price movements. The government buying bonds to stabilize the system. So how do you invest when you know the game is rigged?In this episode, Stephanie Dorsey breaks down what's actually happening in the market and shares the alig
Navigating Financial Influencers: The Alignment Framework for Smart Investors
Navigating Financial Influencers: The Alignment Framework for Smart Investors Sep 16, 2026 00:12:59 Social media is flooded with financial influencers telling you to do more, invest more, take bigger risks. But what happens when you follow advice that doesn't align with who you are?In this episode, Stephanie Dorsey breaks down the alignment framework that separates smart investors from those who end up overwhelmed, anxious, and making investments they regret.You'll learn the three pillar
What Folks Get Wrong About Wealth and Money
What Folks Get Wrong About Wealth and Money Sep 9, 2026 00:13:50 After a summer of travel and conversations, Stephanie Dorsey unpacks the biggest misconceptions about wealth that are holding you back from building lasting financial freedom.Did you know most folks get wealth completely wrong? In this episode, Stephanie reveals the 3 wealth myths that are costing you money and the 3 truths that will change how you think about building wealth forever.Learn why hig
Building Wealthy Habits: The 5-Step Framework to Lock In and Become and Aligned Investor
Building Wealthy Habits: The 5-Step Framework to Lock In and Become and Aligned Investor Sep 2, 2026 00:11:56 After taking a well-deserved summer break, it's time to lock in. But locking in isn't about hustle culture or external validation. It's about becoming your idealized version of yourself and living in true alignment.In this episode, Stephanie Dorsey breaks down the five-step framework to lock in and build lasting wealth habits:Know your idealized self (psychographically, not just demographically)Ge
Summer Series: The Retirement Blueprint: Age-by-Age Strategy for Tax-Free Wealth and Multiple Income Streams
Summer Series: The Retirement Blueprint: Age-by-Age Strategy for Tax-Free Wealth and Multiple Income Streams Aug 26, 2026 00:22:25 The wealthy don't ask "How much is in my 401k?" They ask "Do I have multiple income streams across multiple tax structures and asset classes?"In this episode, Stephanie Dorsey breaks down the three pillars of an optimized retirement portfolio: tax diversification, asset diversification, and income stream diversification. Learn age-by-age strategies for building a retirement
Summer Series: Stock Research Like a Pro: What Wealthy Investors Know (That You Don't)
Summer Series: Stock Research Like a Pro: What Wealthy Investors Know (That You Don't) Aug 19, 2026 00:19:31 Stephanie Dorsey reveals the exact framework sophisticated investors use to evaluate stock opportunities. Before you look at numbers, ask yourself two critical questions: Does this company's strategy make sense? Can they win?This episode covers:The two buckets of stock analysis (qualitative before quantitative)Red flags that signal vulnerable companiesHow to find public information and analyze
Summer Series: The Future of Wealth Is in Private Markets (And Women Are Leading It)
Summer Series: The Future of Wealth Is in Private Markets (And Women Are Leading It) Aug 12, 2026 00:18:26 Summer Series: The Future of Wealth Is in Private Markets (And Women Are Leading It)The future of generational wealth isn't in the stock market. It's in private markets. And Black women are positioning themselves to lead this trillion-dollar space.Stephanie sits down with Erin Harkless-Moore to talk about where real wealth is being built, how women are gaining access to capital and investm
Summer Series: The Rooms We're Rarely Invited To: A Black Woman in Private Equity (Part 2)
Summer Series: The Rooms We're Rarely Invited To: A Black Woman in Private Equity (Part 2) Aug 5, 2026 00:15:51 Summer Series: The Rooms We're Rarely Invited To: A Black Woman in Private Equity (Part 2) In Part 1, we went inside the rooms. Now in Part 2, Yashnika goes deeper—revealing who qualifies to invest in alternatives and why your emotional relationship with money matters more than your net worth. You might already qualify. But there's more to it than just the numbers. She digs into money trau
Summer Series: The Rooms We're Rarely Invited To: A Black Woman in Private Equity
Summer Series: The Rooms We're Rarely Invited To: A Black Woman in Private Equity Jul 30, 2026 00:18:40 She went from criminal law to breaking into private equity at Apollo Global Management. And her story reveals everything about wealth, access, and where the real money moves. In this conversation, Stephanie sits down with a young Black woman building wealth in spaces most of us don't even know exist. She walked away from law school, landed in real estate private equity, and has since built a c
Summer Series: Why You Need an Investor's Mindset to Have a Consumer's Lifestyle
Summer Series: Why You Need an Investor's Mindset to Have a Consumer's Lifestyle Jul 22, 2026 00:20:25 Summer Series: Are You Living Like a Consumer or an Investor? Most of us want the lifestyle of a consumer. But here's the paradox: to actually have that lifestyle, you need to think like an investor. In this episode, Stephanie reveals how wealthy people make every financial decision—and why it's the complete opposite of what most people do. She breaks down the real difference between spend

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