[imakwana]

Please begin your journey here & ignore all "financial news"

Bogleheads Wiki: Getting Started

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Getting_started

This wiki is one of the best resources in USA for simple, straightforward, no-nonsense personal finance strategy which has been battle-tested over multiple decades.

Also, there is a very insightful and concise personal finance course at Stanford:

CS007 Personal Finance for Engineers

https://cs007.blog/

The course notes/slides are very recently updated (Oct 2023)

[ActorNightly]

> which has been battle-tested over multiple decades.

Yes but important to realize, economy has grown steadily over the past 2 decades. This is not a guarantee.