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FIRE-side chat: contracting killer

Meet an entrepreneur who has retired with millions!

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Maybe you could concentrate on making more money on your own terms instead?

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UK and Europe dumps on Trump

When it came, Donald Trump’s reelection to the White House as anarchist in chief wasn’t unexpected. But the scale of his victory – and just how quickly the result was declared – was a surprise. No wonder markets scrambled to recalibrate in the hours that followed. The morning in London after the night before saw [...]

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It’s not all about “please sir, can I have some more”…

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FIRE-side chat: secret squirrel

Definitely no nut case…

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Monevator readers weigh in on this great debate…

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Before index funds arrived, investment trusts were a private investors best friend…

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Reggie Perrin walked into the sea to escape the pointless rat race, but most people simply retire. However there is another way.

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Three years in and TA has fallen off the FIRE wagon.

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The UK inflation rate is down to 2.3% in CPI terms. The RPI inflation measure has fallen to 3.3%. Either way, the pound has stopped losing purchasing power like a proverbial drunken sailor on shore leave. This end to our run-in with runaway inflation is to be welcomed – but maybe with a wistful sigh from [...]

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It’s snow joke. (Sorry!)

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Early retirement: The extreme method

In part one of his guest series, Jacob explains how early retirement and living on less isn’t just a self-orientated decision. The planet can’t go on like this, either.

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A long-time reader with a roundabout career fuelled by a love of chemistry tells us his family’s story…

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I have written before about how much interest you’d earn on a million pounds. But how do you make your million pounds in the first place?

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We check in on Jake, the Monevator reader who decamped to the East Anglia to regain control of life

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For the first time in this series, one of Monevator’s female readers pulls up a seat and tells us a story…

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