FIRE
Financial Independence, Retire Early — a movement built on saving and investing aggressively, often 50% or more of income, to retire well ahead of the conventional age, sometimes in one's thirties or forties.
This one is not written up yet
The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.
Written up from the same chapter
- Real rate of returnThe return on an investment after the effect of inflation has been removed — what the money actually buys more of, as against the nominal percentage the product advertises.
- Time value of moneyThe principle that the same sum of money is worth different amounts at different points on a timeline, because money held today can be invested and because inflation erodes what it will buy.
Where this is taught
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