Plain-English lessons on stocks, compound interest and the real rules of money — written for tweens who roll their eyes at jargon but will happily spend an afternoon learning how to turn £5 a week into something real.
Drop your email and I’ll send you Section 2: Your Biggest Superpower Is Time — the chapter on why starting at 12 is genuinely game-changing, with the real numbers to prove it.
14 sections · 88 pages · a 30-day paper-trading challenge · every tricky word explained. Delivered as an instant PDF download.
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The short version: no prior knowledge needed, no hard sell, no get-rich-quick nonsense.
No. The book assumes zero prior knowledge. Every term is explained in plain English, and there’s a full glossary at the back. If your child can read a school textbook, they can read this.
The core principles — compound interest, stocks, diversification — are universal. But Section 12 covers how a young person in the UK can actually start investing (junior ISAs, which platforms allow under-18 accounts, what a parent needs to set up). If you’re outside the UK, roughly 85% of the book still applies; the “how to get started” section would need to be adapted to your country.
Written for ages 12+. Younger readers (around 10) work through it beautifully with a parent alongside them, and older teens still find it useful — even some adults have told me they’ve learnt something. The tone is conversational, not patronising — it respects the reader’s intelligence.
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No. It’s financial education. The book teaches how the stock market works and the principles of long-term investing, but it does not recommend specific stocks or give personalised advice. For advice specific to your family’s situation, please speak to a regulated financial adviser.
I spent over 22 years trading UK, European and North American equities, including 14 years on London trading desks. I also run Nest Group Properties, which specialises in developing and letting property. I wrote this book because when I became a parent, I realised the gap between what I’d learned on the desk and what schools were teaching my child was enormous — and entirely closeable.