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Financial Education for Kids (Ages 7-14)

  The Ultimate Adventure Club: Your First Map to the World of Money! Welcome, future millionaires and billionaires! Are you ready to go on an awesome adventure? This isn’t a treasure hunt for gold coins in a cave (though that would be cool!). This is a treasure hunt for something even more powerful:  knowledge  about money. Knowing how money works is like having a superpower. It helps you make smart choices, buy the things you really want, and even help others. So, let’s open up this treasure map and start our journey to becoming Money Masters! Module 1: What is This Thing Called Money? Chapter 1: The History of Money Have you ever held a dollar bill or a coin and wondered… why does this little thing have value? Why can you trade it for a candy bar? It turns out, money has a fantastic history, and it didn’t always look like it does now. A World of Trading: The Barter System A long, long time ago, people didn’t have money. If you had something someone else wanted, you woul...

How I Earn 12% Returns with P2P Lending: The Ultimate Crowdlending Guide

  How I Earn 12% Returns with P2P Lending: The Ultimate Crowdlending Guide (2025 Update) Introduction: From Skepticism to a Core Portfolio Strategy If you had told me five years ago that I would entrust a significant portion of my investment capital to complete strangers online, funding everything from solar panel projects in Portugal to short-term loans for UK property developers, I would have laughed. My background is in traditional finance. Stocks, bonds, and real estate were the holy trinity: tangible, regulated, and understood. The world of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending—also known as crowdlending—seemed like a risky, unregulated frontier. But the reality of near-zero interest rates had destroyed returns from savings accounts and government bonds. The stock market felt overvalued and volatile. I was searching for yield—a way to generate stable, passive income outside the public markets. So, I dipped a toe in. That toe, over half a decade, has evolved into a solid, foundation...