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The Foundation, 5 lessons
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Lesson 1: Why starting beats waiting
Lesson 2: Build your safety net first
Lesson 3: Clear the debt that's costing you
Lesson 4: The order to fund your accounts
Lesson 5: Make your first practice investment
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Prudie Start with Lesson 1: every great investor began by understanding what money really is. 🌱
The Foundation, free
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Lesson 1: Start Here, Why Starting Beats Waiting
Lesson 1 · time in the market, compounding
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Lesson 2: Your Safety Net First
Lesson 2 · emergency fund, money map
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Lesson 3: Clear the Expensive Debt
Lesson 3 · high-interest debt, guaranteed return
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Lesson 4: The Order of Operations
Lesson 4 · match, debt, emergency fund, accounts
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Lesson 5: Your First Practice Investment
Lesson 5 · diversified position, automation
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Reading a Stock PRO
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Lesson 6: Reading a Company
the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow
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Lesson 7: Growth and Earnings
EPS, earnings reports, guidance
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Lesson 8: Is It Priced Right?
P/E, P/S, and comparing valuation
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Lesson 9: Competitive Edge, and What a Chart Can Tell You
economic moats, honest evidence on chart reading
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Lesson 10: Your Own Stock Checklist
position sizing and the honest counterargument
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Behavior Under Pressure  PRO
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Lesson 11: The Market Goes Down
drawdowns, a normal part of investing
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Lesson 12: Why Timing Fails
missing the market's best days
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Lesson 13: Holding Through a Crash
paper loss vs. realized loss
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Lesson 14: Ignoring the Noise
FOMO, hot tips, hype
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Costs and Taxes  PRO
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Lesson 15: Fees Eat Returns
expense ratio, the compounding cost
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Lesson 16: Taxes and Where Accounts Sit
tax drag, account location
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Lesson 17: Rebalancing
drift, nudging back to target
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Lesson 18: Automate Everything
automated contributions, less friction
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The Long Game and Graduating  PRO
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Lesson 19: Savings Rate Beats Returns Early
contributions vs. returns, early on
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Lesson 20: Lifestyle Creep and the Invisible Raise
quiet, rising spending
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Lesson 21: Staying the Course Through the Quiet Years
the slow-then-sudden shape
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Lesson 22: Write Your Investment Policy Statement
your own rules, decided calmly
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Lesson 23: Rebalance on a Schedule, Not on Emotion
reviewing vs. tinkering
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Lesson 24: When Life Changes
updating a plan sensibly
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Lesson 25: Graduate, From the Sandbox to Your Own Accounts
a personal readiness checklist
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The Course

The questions you've been searching for.

All answered inside, and more.

"Where do I even start?"

"How do I pick stocks?"

"What do I do when the market crashes?"

"How much money do I need to start?"

Who this is for

Built for people just like you.

Man focused on his laptop, getting started with investing

Investing for the first time, without the fear

Woman managing her finances from her laptop at home

Building an emergency fund for the first time

Man reviewing his investing plan on his phone at home

Finally understanding where his 401(k) money goes

Older woman working on her laptop outdoors

Catching up on retirement savings, on her own terms

The Evidence

The math behind the advice.

Every number on this site links back to real, sourced data, or shows its own work.

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more you could end up with by starting at 25 instead of 35, investing the same $200 a month, at the same assumed 7% average annual return. Just a 10-year head start.

Hypothetical example. Not a specific fund, account, or prediction. See the lesson →
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of every rolling 20-year period in the S&P 500's history has ended positive, all the way back to 1928. Even starting right before the Great Depression.

Source: S&P 500 total returns, 1928 to 2025, rolling 20-year holding periods. See the lesson →
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is enough to buy your first slice of a stock or index fund. Major brokerages like Fidelity and Robinhood let you invest in fractional shares starting at a dollar.

Fidelity and Robinhood fractional-share minimums, verified 2026-08. Schwab requires $5; Vanguard offers fractional shares on its own ETFs only. See the lesson →
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Yes, from what you tell us
Who's in control
You are
It manages your money for you
You are, every decision
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Confident investors with time to research
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Self-directed investors who want to understand their own plan
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Invest with Prudie is built for people who want to understand their own plan well enough to run it themselves.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Invest with Prudie is a free investing tool and course. Answer a few short questions. It uses the same steps financial planners use to build your plan: your target allocation, account funding order, retirement projection, and a ranked action plan. It also teaches the reasoning behind each step, in 25 short lessons. That way, you know your own money well enough to manage it with confidence.

Yes. Your target allocation, action plan, and Blueprint Score are free. No credit card needed, and they stay free forever. Lessons 1 to 5 are free too. Pro is the course. It unlocks Lessons 6 to 25, which teach the reasoning behind the Blueprint. It also adds more planning tools: the exact-dollar funding order, a tax drag tool, a fund fee tool, what-if scenarios, a monthly check-in, and a decision journal.

No. Invest with Prudie is built to make sense on its own. Every number comes with the reasoning behind it, so you understand your plan well enough to trust it and follow it.

Your plan comes from your own answers: your timeline, risk comfort, accounts, and employer match. It applies evidence-based rules to those answers. You get a target allocation, a Blueprint Score, a funding order, and a ranked list of next steps. Every number comes with the reasoning behind it.

No. Invest with Prudie is a teaching tool. It shows how planners think about accounts, taxes, and asset mix, and it shows the math behind each choice. It does not give you personal advice, and it does not manage your money. You stay in control of every decision.

Grace Ene, the founder of Invest with Prudie. It exists because learning to invest, without family money guidance, is harder than it should be. Most tools that claim to help either hide their math, or are quietly selling you something.

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Invest with Prudie teaches. It does not give investment, legal, or tax advice, and it does not tell you what to buy. Every choice stays yours.

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Welcome to Invest with Prudie

A complete investing education, in short, bite-sized cards. Here is how it works.

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One Idea at a Time
Five minutes, one idea, done. No dense chapters, no falling behind, no rereading the same paragraph twice.
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See It, Don't Just Read It
Visual comparisons and growth charts show you what a concept actually does with real numbers, not just what it means.
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Practice With Fake Money
A built-in practice sandbox lets you place real-feeling trades with zero real risk, so the mechanics feel familiar later.
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Quick Checks Along the Way
Short, ungraded questions confirm an idea landed before you move on, then a graded quiz closes out each lesson.
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Every Term, in Plain English
Blue underlined words open a clear definition on the spot. Never guess what a term means, never lose your place looking it up.

Page Guide

Everything on this page, explained.

Navigation
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Dashboard (progress panel): on the left side of your screen, shows all 25 lessons. Green checkmarks = completed. Lock icons = still locked. Gradient numbers = unlocked and ready.
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Streak badge: tracks consecutive days of learning. Keeps you consistent.
XP counter: experience points earned by revealing cards and completing lessons. Shows how much you have learned.
Inside a Lesson
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Hook: the opening story. Sets up why this concept matters before explaining what it is.
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Reveal cards: tap to uncover the three core concepts. Each one earns XP. The question on the front is the same question a real investor would ask.
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Blue underlined words: tap any term highlighted in blue to open the glossary definition. Every financial term is defined with a real-life example.
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Simulator: interactive sliders that model the concept with real numbers. Move the inputs to see how outputs change in real time.
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Quiz questions: two scenario-based questions per lesson. These test application, not memorisation. Detailed feedback explains every answer.
Progression
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Module checkpoints: after every 5 lessons, a 10-question quiz tests the full module. Pass 7/10 to unlock the next module. You can retake as many times as needed.
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Pro modules: Modules 2-5 (building a portfolio, staying calm through downturns, cutting fees, and making it a habit) unlock with Invest with Prudie Pro, a subscription you can cancel online in one click from your account menu, any time. Module 1, The Foundation, is free.
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Plain-English glossary: tap the book icon in the nav to open it. Search any financial term. Every definition includes a real-world example.
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Placement Quiz

5 quick questions to find your starting point. Be honest, not hopeful.

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Wealth Blueprint
Your personal investing system, built from first principles.
Answer 12 questions. Get your target asset allocation, the exact order to fund your accounts, a retirement projection, and more.
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Blueprint Score
A single number that tracks your structural progress
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Account Funding Waterfall
An example funding order planners commonly use, and why
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Portfolio Drift Check
Enter your balances. Get exact rebalancing instructions.
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Tax Drag Projector
What an unoptimized portfolio costs you over 30 years
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Action Plan
Ranked steps tailored to your income, horizon, and risk profile
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Module 1 Complete
Your Wealth Blueprint is Ready
You have learned how money works, how markets price assets, and how companies are structured. Now put it to work. 12 questions. An investing plan built from what you actually know.
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Account Funding WaterfallAn example funding order planners commonly use, and why
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Portfolio Drift CheckEnter your balances. Get exact rebalancing instructions.
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Tax Drag ProjectorSee what an unoptimized portfolio costs over 30 years
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Blueprint ScoreA single number that tracks your structural progress

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Your Wealth Blueprint

A few quick answers. A plan built around you.

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