Category: FIRE
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A few months ago I received an email from my investment company advising me of changes that impact the funds I invest in. I’m used to these invariably disappointing emails – sorry but your rent is going up, sorry but your subscription payment has increased, sorry but your interest rate has been lowered, etc. This…
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Something extraordinarily ironic happened in crypto this week: you can now buy ETFs through major financial institutions like Fidelity and BlackRock. Interestingly you can’t buy them with Vanguard, who termed crypto a ‘non-productive investment’ and against the company’s ethos of thoughtful risk management on behalf of investors. The backlash from the crypto world against Vanguard’s…
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Like many semi-nomadic tech workers, I’ve recently become interested the FIRE movement, not necessarily with the intention of retiring early, since I love my work, but with the option to have financial security and freedom from the constraints of having to work in the future. One common approach to the wealth building phase of FIRE…
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Digital Becca 