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Tag Archives: money
Secret Hobbies and the Big Match
Have you a secret hobby? Something you’ve not mentioned to any friends or family because it would mean too much explanation (and even then they might put you on their People-I’m-Worried-About List?) Mr FU and I have. We’ve all the … Continue reading
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Tagged family, financial, financial independence, fire, free, matched betting, money, retire early
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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?
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Tagged children, education, finance, financial education, money, schools
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Free Money – Who wants an extra £250,000 tax free?
Who would like a tax-free birthday present of £250,000, for free?
Me please, whats the catch? How much is it going to cost?
The cost to you, my friend? – Zilch, Nada, Zippo, Zero, Nothing!
This is a scam, right?
No.
So what gives? Continue reading
Posted in FU #1, FU MON CHU
Tagged compound interest, deposit, early retirement, financial independence. fire, free money, government, house, invest, investment, ISA, LISA, money, return, value
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Little FU#1 – Step 2 The Budget
I’m putting in place a quite simple budget plan for FU#1 that doesn’t need a lot of tracking and doesn’t require every little transaction to be logged. I have broken the budget down to 3 main areas. These are Savings, Essential … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, compound interest, early retirement, family, financial, financial independence, fire, free money, income, invest, investment, ISA, job, money, retire early, retirement, saving, value
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School’s FIREd!
In my last post, I mentioned the other Great Leap we’d taken in our lives lately. It’s nothing wildly exciting, but it is a bit different to the norm and it could be hugely relevant to FI-focused parents.
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Tagged children, early retirement, education, family, financial, financial independence, financial independence. fire, fire, home, home education, learning, life, money, plan, retire early, retirement, school, schooling, teach, teaching
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Little FU#1 – the plan, steps 1&2
In my previous post on Little FU#1, I outlined the steps I am putting in place for Little FU#1 to start his journey to FI. I intend to do a series of posts to expand upon those steps so that anyone setting … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, compound interest, early retirement, education, family, financial, financial independence, fire, home education, ISA, job, life, LISA, money, plan, retire early, retirement, saving
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Mrs Fu Mon Chu speaks…
Mr Fu Mon Chu just loves a new project. He is a laidback but enthusiastic kind of guy and I’ve been playing devil’s advocate to his ideas and plans during twenty years of marriage, and ten years of dating before … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, children, compound interest, debt, deposit, early retirement, education, family, financial, financial independence, financial independence. fire, home education, ISA, learning, LISA, money, retire early, retirement, saving, schooling, value
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The Bride of FU MON CHU
Mrs FU MON CHU is generally quite cynical. She quite often ridicules my latest interests/fads and it is quite difficult to get her on board to new ideas even though she is very intelligent ; ) . Once she is convinced … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, early retirement, family, financial, financial independence, fire, free, home, house, independence, ISA, learning, LISA, money, retire early, return, saving, value
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The Awakening of FU MON CHU
Despite being reasonably financially savvy, or so I thought, I was surprised to realise I had been sleepwalking on a financial hamster wheel for the past several years. My financial education had come mainly from mainstream media sources, such as … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, compound interest, early retirement, family, financial, financial independence, fire, free, government, income, independence, invest, investment, job, learning, life, money, podcast, retirement, value, websites, work, worker
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This is my first post – About Me
Hi, I’m FU MON CHU Why FU MON CHU? I know it’s a bit cringy, but it just came to me when thinking of a pseudonym linked to the theme of this blog page – so I just went with … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, budget, compound interest, debt, discovery, diverse, early retirement, enjoy, family, FI, financial, financial independence, financial independence. fire, fire, home, hope, income, invest, ISA, job, journey, life, LISA, mainstream, money, motivation, online, principles, retire, retire early, retirement, saving, university, value, work, working
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