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Retiring Retirement

Posted on 16th August 2018 by Mrs Fu Mon Chu

Mr Fu and I have just listened tonight, open-mouthed, to a programme on Radio 4 called Retiring Retirement, which outlined the future for retirement – or rather, the lack of it.   With the official retirement age abolished and life expectancy going … Continue reading →

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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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Little FU#1 – Step 3 Devise an Investment Strategy

Posted on 29th April 2018 by FU MON CHU

Recap – This is step 3 in the process to set up a plan for my son, FU#1, to buy a property and reach FI before he is 40 years old. In step 2 of the plan, we set up an … Continue reading →

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UK on FIRE! Free places to make memories with the family

Posted on 28th April 2018 by Mrs Fu Mon Chu

In my last post I posted a list of free educational apps and sites, but what about downtime? As a family of eight going anywhere can end up costing the earth, but after listening to Brad & Jonathan on a ChooseFI podcast talking … Continue reading →

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FIRE the teacher…. Become the teacher! (Free educational websites and apps)

Posted on 27th April 2018 by Mrs Fu Mon Chu

In my last post I mentioned how a National Curriculum can’t ever hope to keep up with the current rapid advances in technology, the workplace (AND LIFE!) Left to their own ‘devices’ (no pun intended 🙂 ) the Little FUs will … Continue reading →

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Free Money – Who wants an extra £250,000 tax free?

Posted on 13th April 2018 by FU MON CHU

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 →

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Little FU#1 – Step 2 The Budget

Posted on 10th April 2018 by FU MON CHU

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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School’s FIREd!

Posted on 18th March 2018 by Mrs Fu Mon Chu

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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Little FU#1 – the plan, steps 1&2

Posted on 18th March 2018 by FU MON CHU

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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Little FU#1 – the plan

Posted on 3rd March 2018 by FU MON CHU

Can a young person on an average net salary of £25k buy a property and become FI by the age of 40? “Impossible!” the mainstream media and the regular man on the street would scream. “Young people can’t even save … Continue reading →

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