Personal Finance
About this course
Personal Finance is one of Khan Academy's most practically useful courses, covering the financial literacy most school systems skip entirely: budgeting, building credit, understanding loans and interest, taxes, retirement accounts, and basic investing concepts. It's taught through short, clear videos with practical examples rather than abstract economic theory.
Because it's free and produced by a trusted nonprofit with no product or investment platform to sell, the course stays neutral in a topic area often cluttered with biased financial influencer content. It's a natural complement to more advanced finance courses in this catalog (financial modeling, investment management) for learners who want the personal-finance basics covered first before moving into professional finance skills.
What you'll learn
This course includes
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Instructor
Produced by Khan Academy, a nonprofit educational organization providing free, unbiased financial literacy education with no product or investment platform conflicts of interest.
Requirements
- No prior financial knowledge required
Who this course is for
- Young adults managing their own finances for the first time
- Anyone who never received formal personal finance education
- Career changers wanting personal finance basics before professional finance courses