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Our calculators, free and open to anyone. None of them ask for your email. None of them sell you anything. Put your own numbers in and see what falls out, because the point is not to take our word for it.

The weekly stock-picking game · a new board every Monday Battleship

A free stock-picking game. Ten blind shots at a hundred real companies. Keep five, and find out Friday whether you beat owning all hundred. Play solo or start a group.

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Play it at dinner Thanksgiving Money Bingo

Everything your family says about money at Thanksgiving, on one card. Tap a square for the comeback.

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Black Friday, tested Doorbuster or Dud

Ten Black Friday deals. Call each one real or fake, then see the price history behind the tag.

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Your paycheck, sliced The Pie Chart

Everyone gets a slice of your paycheck. See who eats it and how big your piece is.

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Open enrollment, priced Plan Picker

The cheapest premium isn’t always the cheapest plan. See what two health plans cost in a real year.

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Your side hustle, after costs The Hustle Wage

Take out supplies, time and tax. See what your side hustle really pays an hour.

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Your paycheck, after prices The Real Raise

Prices rose 3.7%. See if your raise kept up, or quietly cut your pay.

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The pump, priced The War Tax

Gas is up $1.43 a gallon since the Iran war started. Put in how you drive and see what it costs you a year.

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Your score, priced The Score Gap

Same car, different credit score, different price. See what yours costs and what one tier up is worth.

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Discipline, measured The Autopilot

Willpower has to show up seven months out of twelve just to draw level. Nobody does seven.

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The rate nobody checks The Quarter Point

A quarter point is worth a few dollars. The gap your bank keeps is worth forty times more.

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Rent versus stuff The Storage Unit Test

You took it for three months. It has been two years. Say what is in there is worth $3,000, and at $130 a month the rent passed it in month 24.

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Panic, priced out The Dead Investor Test

You were invested when COVID hit and you sold at the bottom. Six years later you have $44,732. The person who never logged in has $55,423. Same money in. Real S&P 500 numbers, four real crashes.

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The minimum payment trap The Real Price Tag

Put a $4,000 vacation on a credit card and pay the minimum, exactly like the statement asks. It costs $10,745 and takes fifteen years. Freezing the payment saves ten of them.

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The cost of waiting The Waiting Fee

$100 a month for thirty years comes out to $235,967. Start five years late and it is $138,712. You skipped $6,000 of deposits to lose $97,256.

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Excuses, translated The Girl Math Translator

Cash doesn’t count. It was on sale. I didn’t buy it, so I saved $200. Twelve of the greatest excuses in personal finance, put back into actual money.

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Think like an investor The Owner’s Receipt

You already buy the products. See what happens when the same budget buys a piece of the company instead. Same money, other side of the counter.

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Betting vs investing The Rebel Calculator

Half of young adults think they will make more gambling than investing. Put the same money into both and watch the gap open up.

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