Best online course on Personal Finance?

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Pick up any highly rated personal finance book on Amazon. Will likely save you a ton of money compared to an online course and will likely provide comparable, if not better information. My specific recommendation is I Will Teach You to Be Rich; it's simple and easy to implement. From what I understand, though, there's nothing special about this book, it's just the first one I bought. Other books cover the same topics

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Read the "Stock Series" by JL Collins. Or the book "The simple path to wealth" by him, which is the compilation of the stock series in book format. These are not courses, but some of the finest information on personal finance, written by a great writer.

If you're new to this, read the whole thing twice.

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