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Monthly Archives: May 2018
Financial Education in Schools… or the Lack of.
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?
Posted in Mrs FU
Tagged children, education, finance, financial education, money, schools
13 Comments
£1m Pension Pot – How to climb the mountain and when to stop saving.
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
Posted in FU MON CHU
Tagged compound interest, early retirement, investent, million, pension, pension pot, retire, retirement, saving, stock market, strategy, tax relief
5 Comments
An Apprenticeship in FIRE-Starting
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
Posted in FU #1, Mrs FU
Tagged apprentice, apprenticeship, college, debt, earnings, fire, qualifications, savings, school, skills, student, students, university
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