Nikul Patel 
Your brain already feels like a 404 error Let’s get this out of the way: life is like an ongoing carnival of bills, terrible Wi-Fi, and your mom wondering whether you’ve “thought about grad school.” In the meantime, you’re just trying to drink (with capital letters, baby: drink) your morning coffee before capitalism hits you … Read more
Welcome to Wall Street, Kid The stock market, absolutely. That sparkly, crazy place where your money goes to either grow like TikTok views or disappear faster than your willpower on a diet. You know the terms: diamond hands, limit order, and portfolio diversification. Sounds hot, doesn’t it? No, it’s like Monopoly but with real-life effects … Read more
The Financial Glow-Up That No One Told You About Let’s be honest: being an adult is mostly about paying expenses you didn’t know you had and pretending you know what things like compound interest mean. People on TikTok are telling you to “build passive income streams” all of a sudden, even when they just DoorDashed … Read more
The Start, When We Pretend to Care About Money Here we go again with the never-ending display of “young adults trying to manage their money.” You open TikTok and find a finance guy in a Patagonia vest telling you that by the time you’re 30, the stock market will make you rich. “Just put it … Read more
The Coffee-Spilled Intro That Makes You Think About Your Life Yes, the age-old dilemma of being an adult. Do you become into Warren Buffett 2.0 by putting your money in the stock market and hope that Elon Musk will say something nice about you on Twitter? Or do you pay off your mortgage early like … Read more
The Financial Hunger Games are Here! Inflation and the stock market have the finest love story in American history. You have to pay more rent, eggs that cost more than your vehicle payment, and an investing portfolio that makes you question every decision you’ve ever made. It’s like a Netflix show, but instead of binge-worthy … Read more
1. The Beginning of Digital Chaos First things first: cryptocurrency wasn’t made so that your cousin Brad could purchase a Tesla and then never stop talking about it. Nope. The story behind this “magic internet money” is much less interesting, much more exciting, and let’s be honest, much easier to understand. Think about how you … Read more
Welcome to Your Quarter-Life Crisis, Now with Numbers You’re trying to decide whether to invest your money in the stock market like a bad gambler or in a 401(k) like the corporate drone you promised yourself you’d never be. Oh, my sweet summer child. “Congrats, you’re broke now, but maybe you won’t be on a … Read more
Let’s Get This Crypto Thing Straight Oh yes, cryptocurrency. The “future of money,” when people in their twenties who have too much Wi-Fi and not enough student loan forgiveness suddenly become “financial gurus” because they bought Bitcoin in 2015 with leftover pizza money. Good job, Chad! Your $12 bet is now a down payment on … Read more
The Great Mystery of Our Time: An Introduction Cryptocurrency is going up again, oh look. Take a deep, soothing breath and drink your oat milk latte. This rollercoaster doesn’t stop; it merely destroys your spirit at higher heights. You go on Twitter and notice that Bitcoin is trending. All of a sudden, your college roommate, … Read more