If finance feels like a foreign language, you’re not alone.

School taught us how to solve for x—but not the principles that build wealth. The stock market is the most accessible wealth-building tool in modern history, yet we were never taught the foundations for using it.

Meanwhile, the cost of housing and college has skyrocketed while wages lag behind, leaving the middle class trapped and demoralized. Most financial advice, however, is either useless, manipulative, or designed to make someone else rich.

Compound Comeback is the class school skipped—a plain-English guide for anyone who’s ever felt behind, embarrassed, or overwhelmed by the world of investing and finance.