Library

Reference pages

The course is read in order. The Library is for specific questions: which broker, what a credit score is, how to keep crypto safe, what a headline means. Each page opens with its core facts.

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The Library assumes you know the basics. The course teaches them in order.

  1. 1

    Money Basics

    Inflation, compounding, risk, and time horizon. The four ideas everything else depends on.
  2. 2

    How the Stock Market Works

    What a share is, how prices are set, who the big players are, and what an index measures.
  3. 3

    Index Funds and ETFs

    Diversification, expense ratios, and why most beginners start with a fund, not a stock.
  4. 4

    Bonds and Treasuries

    Lending money for interest, why prices and yields move opposite, and where bonds fit.
  5. 5

    Gold and Commodities

    What a commodity is, the ways to own gold, what moves its price, and what it cannot do.
  6. 6

    Options Trading

    Calls, puts, premiums, and strike prices, with the risks stated before the strategies.
  7. 7

    Crypto and Blockchain

    Bitcoin, blockchains, wallets, and the specific ways beginners lose money.
  8. 8

    Roth IRA and Retirement Accounts

    Roth vs. traditional, contribution limits, 401(k) matches, and withdrawal rules.
  9. 9

    Building Your First Portfolio

    Allocation, automatic investing, rebalancing, and fees. The habits that matter most.