For years, I have been doing educational walking tours on Wall Street

for middle school and high school students. When I had to move to online teaching because of Covid-19, I suddenly worked directly with parents instead of teachers and the response from parents was incredible... "We're adults. We didn't learn this at school. We would like to learn this ourselves."

And as I was talking to mothers, they would say to me, "If my husband dies, I have no idea what's going on in our account. How would I even make decisions? I don't even know where our accounts are."

I realized that was my own mother when my father passed away - she had no idea of the accounts that they had nor how to manage the money

I was going to launch adult classes, to empower adults with the knowledge they need to better control their financial futures.

Especially women, many of whom rely on their husbands to control the finances but then are left holding the bag in the event of death or separation.

It expands upon the teen class so you learn the impact Wall Street has on your entire life.

I think it’s an eye-opener for many adults that what happens on Wall Street affects everything from how long it takes you to pay off credit cards to whether you can afford a certain home because of mortgage rates, to how much your car payments are every month.

It’s all closely related and you can tell where things are going if you know the markets.