When he was at Dalewood Middle School more than 20 years ago, Roland McIntyre III remembers a financial advisor coming to his classroom one day to talk about investments.
The algebra teacher at the school had involved students in a game based on the stock market, and Roland, then an impressionable middle schooler, was entralled by the well-dressed visitor. He was “suited and booted” McIntyre recalls.
McIntyre said the stock market game immediately sparked his interest in personal finance.
“After that, I started watching CNBC and getting more excited,” he explains. “In college I majored in accounting.”