Monthly Archives: May 2018

Financial Education in Schools… or the Lack of.

Posted on 25th May 2018 by Mrs Fu Mon Chu

Mr Fu and I are both in our late forties and seriously lament our late discovery of financial independence.  What hope did we have, though, considering our non-existent education in all things financial?

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£1m Pension Pot – How to climb the mountain and when to stop saving.

Posted on 19th May 2018 by FU MON CHU

In the UK news this week it has been reported that, for a comfortable retirement,  people need to save a ‘pension mountain’  of £260,000. Cue the doom-mongers and naysayers. ‘Who could ever hope to save this amount of money?’ Using … Continue reading →

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An Apprenticeship in FIRE-Starting

Posted on 12th May 2018 by Mrs Fu Mon Chu

I was listening to Jonathan and Brad on their ChooseFI podcast all about coding this week and found it really interesting.    They were interviewing Ryan Carson from Treehouse, an online coding tuition course website, who considers coding to be a … Continue reading →

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