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    On this episode of Financially Naked: Stories from The Financial Gym, our hosts are Kadri Augustin, a New York-based Financial Trainer, and Kylie Lipinski, a DC-based Financial Trainer and they are going to talk about the basics of investing. 

     

    Meet The Trainers

    Kadri Augustin

    Kylie Lipinski

     

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