Finance Education
Learn to invest.
Then rip your mates.
88 free finance lessons covering everything from what a stock is to how to read a DCF model. Written for teenagers. No jargon. No textbooks.
88
Lessons
700
Questions
7
Subjects
Free
Always
Start with the guide
How to Invest as a Teenager in the UK
The complete beginner's guide — Junior ISAs, what you can do under 18, how to start with £50 a month, and the mistakes to avoid. Read this first.
12 min read · Beginner→
Junior ISA: A Parent's Guide
For parents — how a Junior ISA works, who controls the money, the £9,000 allowance, and how a practice app fits alongside it.
8 min read · For parents→
Financial Education & the UK Curriculum
For teachers — how RIP.'s 88 lessons map to KS3 & KS4 Citizenship and Maths, and how to run it in class.
9 min read · For teachers→
Pick a subject
Basics
Start here. What a stock is, how markets work, compound interest, inflation — the foundations every investor needs.
13 lessons→
Stocks
Market mechanics, valuations, IPOs, dividends, buybacks, sectors and everything in between.
12 lessons→
Bonds
Government and corporate debt, yield curves, duration risk, TIPS, and zero-coupon bonds.
11 lessons→
Crypto
Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, NFTs, wallets, exchanges, Web3, and regulation.
12 lessons→
Strategy
How to actually invest — DCA, growth vs value, index funds, rebalancing, and building a long-term plan.
13 lessons→
Risk
Volatility, leverage, black swans, drawdowns, credit risk — and how to manage all of it.
13 lessons→
Analysis
Technical and fundamental analysis — chart patterns, key ratios, DCF valuation, and market sentiment.
14 lessons→
Guides from the RIP. blog
Longer reads on learning markets without real-money risk - apps, simulators, duels and classroom formats.
- How Streaks Build Money HabitsWhy a daily finance ritual turns small repeated actions into real money skills.
- How to Teach Investing Without Real MoneyMaking markets feel real while every pound stays virtual.
- Virtual Portfolios vs Real InvestingWhat virtual practice teaches, and what changes when real money is involved.
- Teen Stock Practice App: Beat Your MatesReal prices, virtual money, and a leaderboard worth caring about.
- Teen Social Trading Starter Guide for SchoolFour rules for a less-chaotic first week of trading with your mates.
- How Teens Practise Trading Safely With FriendsClear rules and an honest review, without risking a penny.
- How Stock Market Duels Work Without Real RiskHow a head-to-head duel turns a group-chat argument into a lesson.
- Best Apps for Teen TradersThe four types of app that actually teach teens to read markets.
- How Virtual Portfolios Build Confidence at SchoolTurning real market moves into reps, safe losses and defensible confidence.
- 7 Student Investing Challenge ExamplesSeven formats that make market learning competitive and social.
- Is Virtual Trading Realistic? Mostly, YesWhat it teaches well, what it misses, and why that matters.
- Finance Education for Students That HitsLow-risk learning that makes markets make sense without feeling like homework.
- Learn Investing Without Losing Your MindMarkets, risk, charts and habits - using real prices and zero real-money pressure.
- Best Finance App for Teenagers?What makes a finance app teenagers will actually keep using.
- How to Teach Financial Literacy to High School StudentsReal stakes, social competition, and habits that stick.
- Financial Literacy Programs for High School StudentsWhy most school money programmes flop - and what actually lands.
- What an Investing Simulator Should Actually DoThe features that separate a teaching tool from a toy.
- Virtual Stock Trading Without the BoredomPractising on real prices without the lecture.
- Stock Market Game: Learn Without LosingHow a game format teaches market mechanics that stick.
- Financial Literacy for Teenagers That HitsMoney skills taught the way teenagers actually absorb them.
- Best Investing App for Teens Right NowWhat to look for, and what to avoid, in a teen investing app.
- 7 Best Financial Literacy Apps for TeensThe criteria that matter - privacy, age-fit, and whether it teaches anything.
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