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Build your financial literacy with these online courses
Building wealth through financial literacy is one of the best ways to secure your future. However, understanding its fundamental pillars may take time and effort. Only some have the time to take a collegiate-level course to learn how debt, taxes, credit, budgeting, saving, and investing work. Thankfully, the pandemic taught us that online learning works—and it’s easily accessible. If you’re looking to build technical skills from the comfort of your own home at your own pace, we’ve compiled a list of online learning sites to help you achieve your financial goals.
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Udemy
Possibly the most user-friendly online learning platform, Udemy offers an extensive collection of free and paid courses. Their video lectures are quick, straightforward, and easily accessible on your phone, TV, or laptop. They are perfect for beginners looking to jumpstart their financial journey quickly.
LinkedIn Learning
Build your network while you grow your skills. LinkedIn Learning has an extensive library of financial literacy courses with industry experts' insights. The best part is its seamless integration with LinkedIn, allowing you to display your earned certificates after every class to show recruiters what you’ve achieved.
Skill Success
With a growing library of more than 3,000 on-demand video courses, Skill Success offers many ways to upskill your personal and professional self. Their website has plenty of free options, but they also offer a fairly priced all-access pass so you can get all the resources you need.
Harvard Business School Online
Nothing beats learning from the best—Harvard Business School Online is exactly that. They offer plenty of five- to eight-week certificate courses that allow you to better understand finance. From communicating with key stakeholders to growing your career and accounting, there’s much to learn whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned veteran.
MasterClass
Celebrities aren’t just there for glitz and glam, they can also be your mentors. When it comes to advancing your career, having the world’s top leaders by your side can be the right push you need to get things going. Through MasterClass, you can learn from billionaire Mark Cuban how to build your fortune from the ground up or how to use economics to understand the world from Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. Their compendium of lectures provides endless opportunities for growth.
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