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STOCK RESOURCES  (Con t)                                                                                                                                                             WHAT IS THE EQUITY MOVEMENT (EM)


                                                                                                                                                  Showing 4 Generations the Way to


                                                                                                                                                                                                    Financial Wellness

     familiar stocks is relatively small and this limits their   more of these types of laggards in your portfolio than
     opportunity of getting into better ones.                   leaders.
                                                                                                                               The Equity Movement is a consumer-based membership         respective age and peer group.
                                                                                                                               organization designed and created to engage, educate,
     Which Half Are You In?                                     How the Other Half Lives
                                                                                                                               empower and successfully direct consumers of all           The EM has portal of 12 EM Resources that will allow
                                                                                                                               nationalities in their pursuit of financial excellence. EM’s   everyone to find value at every life stage. One if not more of
     Nearly half of the companies in the S&P are beating        Of course, there are a lot of big names beating the
     the index and showing positive returns this year. But      S&P too. Take Twitter, or Union Pacific, or Western             strategy to accomplishing this feat is by heightening financial   the 12 resources can offer significant value to the young, in
                                                                                                                               awareness and wellness by promoting the critical importance   between, and seasoned individuals. To be successful, we
     that means roughly half of the stocks in the S&P 500       Digital for example. All are outperforming the S&P with
     are underperforming the Index.                             gains of +12%, +16% and +19% respectively.                     and benefits of being financially healthy. The EM resources   offer the opportunity to adopt a set of skills that if used
                                                                But now let's move outside of the S&P.                         include information, tips, news and how-to’s in the areas of   properly will be the difference between Equity which equals
     Even 'good' companies like Kimberly-Clark; they're                                                                        Credit, Budgeting, Savings, Retirement, Crypto Currency,   net-worth which is assets minus liabilities, this ultimately
     down -5.3%. Or Bristol-Myers; which is down -6.0%. Or      Did you ever hear of a company called Coupa? What if           Stock Options, College Savings & College Debt          determines your personal wealth. The EM is available on 2-
     even Macy's; down -11.8%. And we're only 1 month in.       you did? It has outperformed the market by gaining             Reduction, Insurance, Homeownership, Real Estate Investor,   year trial basis because in order to get integrated into the
                                                                +27.9% since the start of the year. Or Apyx? They're up        Investment Clubs, and Business Development.                movement. Our opinion is to impact your personal finances, it
     So what gives?                                             +33.5%. Or Nanostring? Up by +46.5%. (By the way,                                                                         will take a paradigm change of your thinking, behavior,
                                                                these are all Zacks #1 Rank stocks.)                           EM was conceived as a Vision and Concept to build a        model’s perspective, outlook of personal finances. We strive
     I don't single these out so you can feel bad if you have                                                                  platform that assist, guide and support individuals on an   to be the Uber of financial awareness which simply means
     them. But instead, to stop and think about 'why' you       There are hundreds and hundreds of stocks producing            ongoing basis organically. The primary direction to identify   moving people to the EM destination and the Amazon of
     have them.                                                 fantastic gains that many people may never have even                                                                      financial wellness which means we serve as a portal to allow
                                                                heard of.                                                                                                                 our collaborative partners, i.e., banks, companies, and service
     Nobody invests so they can underperform the market.                                                                             Silents                  1925 – 1946                 providers to have access to our members through the
     But if you are -- why? You don't have to. If you're                                                                                                                                  platform. The movement outlets will be via Magazine (digital
     underperforming the market, that means you have
                                                                                                                                     Baby Boomers             1946 - 1965


                                                                                                                                     Generation X             1965 - 1980


                                                                                                                                     Millennials/Gen-Y        1980 - 1994


                                                                                                                                     Generation Z             1995 – 2015                 & print), Television, Radio, Social Media, Mobile App,
                                                                                                                                                                                          Website, Podcast, on-line E-Learning System, teleconferences,
                                                                                                                                                                                          seminars and webinars.
                                                                                                                               creative ways to reach high school students, college
                                                                                                                               students, and women groups, which covers young adults      Why is the equity movement important for
                                                                                                                               thru retirees. EM have resources from beginners’ level to   Credit, Savings/Retirement, Insurance and
                                                                                                                               advance levels, and is inclusive and has vertical integration   Homeownership, just to name a few. Here’s
                                                                                                                               for all targeted segments in the Movement. The intent is to
                                                                                                                               permeate relationships with consumers by sharing           why:
                                                                                                                               experiences, setbacks and comebacks through Social Media,
                                                                                                                               Television, Radio, Magazine (digital & print), Seminar Tours,   CREDIT
                                                                                                                               Online Training via Webinars and Community Engagement.     The average FICO score in America is 695 and the average
                                                                                                                               (digital & print), Mobile App, Website, Podcast.       Vantage score stands at 673. Currently, Fair Isaac Corp’s FICO
                                                                                                                                                                                          score and Vantage are two of the most widely used scoring
                                                                                                                               EM will work through its collaborative partners to ensure all   models in the country. Both models range between 300 and
                                                                                                                               4 generational groups are reached with targeted messages.
                                                                                                                               In addition, various ambassadors (volunteer partners) with
                                                                                                                               be utilized to focus on the targeted groups within their
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