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Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage Before Coast FIRE?
Paying off your mortgage lowers your retirement spending and your Coast FIRE number — but ties up cash that could compou...
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Am I Coast FIRE Yet? How to Know You've Reached It
A simple 3-step check to know if you've reached Coast FIRE: find your FIRE number, discount it to today, and compare it to your invested assets. Includes a worked example and common mistakes.
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The 4% Rule Explained: Safe Withdrawal Rates and Your FIRE Number
The 4% rule explained: where it comes from (Bengen and the Trinity Study), the 25x shortcut, sequence-of-returns risk, w...
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What is Fat FIRE? Financial Independence Without Cutting Back
Fat FIRE explained: how a comfortable retirement budget raises your FIRE number, who it suits, the savings rate and time...
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What is Lean FIRE? Financial Independence on a Smaller Number
Lean FIRE explained: how a frugal retirement budget shrinks your FIRE number, who it suits, the risks of a thin margin, ...
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Coast FIRE by Age: How Much You Need at 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45
Coast FIRE numbers by age: see roughly how much you need invested at 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 to coast to retirement — and ...
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