For teachers
A personal finance course your students can open in a browser
Each of the 18 chapters is a lesson, a lab where students enter numbers, and a quiz. There are 62 labs in the library. Chapters 1 to 3 and every lab in the library are free. Chapters 4 to 18 are Pro.
No student accounts
Students do not need to sign up or give an email address. Progress, quiz scores and the numbers some labs remember are saved in the browser on the device they use. That has two consequences for a class:
- On a shared or lab computer, the next student sees the previous student's progress unless the browser data is cleared.
- Progress does not follow a student from a school computer to a phone unless they create an account.
Students can leave numbers blank or use the sample figures. Nothing a student types into a lab is sent to a bank, and the site does not connect to bank accounts.
How the course is ordered
Chapters run in order. A chapter's quiz opens once its lesson is finished. Chapters 2 and 3 open when the lesson before them is finished; from chapter 4 on, a chapter opens after a score of 80% or more on the previous chapter's quiz. A student who already knows the early material can take the placement check to open later chapters.
Foundation
- Chapter 1: Money Psychology & Mindset Emotions, biases, and goal setting
- Chapter 2: Banking & Account Fundamentals Accounts, fees, credit unions
- Chapter 3: Budgeting & Cash Flow Zero-based budgeting and automation
- Chapter 4: Emergency Funds & Financial Security Fund sizing and protection
- Chapter 5: Income & Career Planning Negotiation, benefits, side income
- Chapter 6: Credit & Debt Management Scores and debt payoff strategies
Investing
- Chapter 7: Investment Fundamentals Risk, return, and diversification
- Chapter 8: Portfolio Construction & Asset Allocation Build and rebalance a portfolio
- Chapter 9: Retirement Planning & Long-Term Wealth Accounts and long-horizon planning
- Chapter 10: Tax Optimization & Planning Tax-aware investing basics
- Chapter 11: Insurance & Risk Management Protect what you build
- Chapter 12: Real Estate & Property Investment Housing as investment
- Chapter 13: Stock Market Basics Market mechanics and analysis
Advanced Planning
- Chapter 14: Bonds & Fixed Income Income and ballast in a portfolio
- Chapter 15: Alternative Investments REITs, commodities, and crypto literacy
- Chapter 16: Business & Entrepreneurship Finance Cash flow for builders
- Chapter 17: Estate Planning & Wealth Transfer Wills, trusts, and transfer basics
- Chapter 18: Estate Tools & Beneficiaries Beneficiaries and practical docs
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Compound interest
$130,232
after 20 years of $250 a month
Assumes a fixed 7% a year, compounded monthly, starting from $0. A sample rate, not a forecast. Educational, not financial advice.
Questions or corrections
If a figure looks wrong, the corrections page lists what has been fixed and how to report something. For anything about using the course with a class, email us.