The Full English Accompaniment – Negative interest rates | The FIRE Shrink
Will there be negative interest rates and should the safe withdrawal rate be adapted? A grumpy Shrink fears for his FIRE plan.
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How Much Money Is Enough? | Radical FIRE
The short answer is: it depends! Read Radical FIRE’s article to learn more.
Blog Post of the Month – June 2020
Are you new to the concept of FIRE (financial independence, retire early)? Or have you ever wondered what all these acronyms and formulas (“4% SWR”, “25x annual expenses”) are really all about? Or maybe you have a colleague or a friend you would like to send a link to explain the basics of FIRE? Plain figures and charts are nice, but wrapped in a personal story, it gets more tangible and real, right? Mr. MP lives in Switzerland with his…
Are We There Yet? Why Your FIRE Number Could Be Way Off | Banker on FIRE
Banker on FIRE has a different take on how much money you need to retire early.
Why 25 Times Your Annual Spending (AKA 4 % rule) Is WAY Too Much Money in Order to Retire Early | Wannabe Walden
Loui runs the numbers on the 4% rule and comes up with a different theory.
Does The 4% Rule Work in a Low-Yield Environment? | The Poor Swiss
Current bond yields are much lower than historical ones. So if you base your retirement on historical data and you’re investing in bonds, you might want to read this detailed analysis by The Poor Swiss.
Blog Post of the Month – November 2019
“It’s a bad plan that cannot be changed” says an Italian proverb. A young FIRE blogger from Norway had the ambitious plan to retire within 5 years, when he would be 36 years old. He wrote down a detailed plan how to realise this goal. Now, a little over half a year later, the blogger changed his plan. He reduced his FIRE number, i.e. the amount of money he thinks he needs to retire early, and also touched a well-known…
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2 Years And 8 Months Left Until Financial Independence – This Is My Plan! | Route 2 FI
Route 2 FI adapts his plan to retire in his mid-thirties. He takes into account the fact that he will still earn some money when FIREd along with his frugal lifestyle – under 20 000$ annual spending in an expensive country like Norway!
Episode 073 – An Updated View On The Trinity Study Results and 4% Rule | The Poor Swiss | FI Europe Podcast
The Poor Swiss has updated the Trinity Study and adapted it to his particular situation. In this podcast he explains it all in more detail.
Bear Markets Are a Bastard When Investing at a Fixed Time in Life | Simple Living in Somerset
Ermine talks about the realities of living off his investments between quitting his job and drawing his first pension packet.
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