I’m 25 and do not know a ton about personal finance. Are there class or resources you would recommend to educate myself? I do invest in my $401k and have a rainy day savings account I contribute to, but that’s about it.

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Simple path to wealth is a great book

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Rick dad poor dad is a good book.

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Try “I will teach you to be rich” the book

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The Animal Spirits podcast has done a handful of Personal Finance 101 episodes recently. They take a fairly practical approach and mention some good books if you want to go deeper.

Here’s a link to one of the guys blogs on the retirement planning topic:

https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2020/09/everything-you-need-to-know-about-retirement/

New book "The Psychology of Money"

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