14 February, 2025
Has the FIRE Formula Changed? Why 100% Index Funds Isn’t the Answer
Is a 100% index fund portfolio no longer the FIRE formula? The market has changed, and maybe your portfolio allocation needs to change with it. With index funds at all-time-high prices and price-to-earnings ratios at ...
4 October, 2024
Why This “Physician on FIRE” Ignored the 4% Rule & Delayed Early Retirement
Why do many wealthy people wait so long to retire? Despite earning a physician’s salary, living frugally, and saving what most would call “more than enough” money, today’s guest worked for another four years before pu...
22 December, 2023
Lean FI in 6 Years, Fat FI in 10, and Quitting Your Job The FIRE Way
At twenty-nine years old, Andy Johnson had achieved lean FIRE. He had enough to survive but not enough to make his future family comfortably financially free. All he needed to do was work a little longer, make a bit m...