Financial Independence Europe

Hello! In this episode Alvar and Tom talk about company benefits, what can you get and how they perform in comparison with other assets: we will learn about the different types of benefit a company can distribute and how to use them to our advantage. Enjoy! We also talk about: Risks and rewards Emotional factors Taxes and benefits Market volatility Don’t forget to subscribe our podcast on Itunes, Android or Spotify. Direct download here. Investing in our company or not There…

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Hello! Today we will listen to the second part of the talk between Alvar and two French Fiers, Victor and Maxime. While the first part has been very technical, in this second tranche we hear more about the personal life and approach to financial independence of our two guests, with several useful insights along the way. Enjoy! We also talk about: Salaries in France Living in Paris Fat and Lean FIRE The “micro-entrepreneur” tax regime Don’t forget to subscribe our podcast…

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Hello good people of Europe! In today’s episode Alvar talks with Maxime and Victor from France. They are both part of the French FI community, and together we’re going to dive into the nitty gritty details of how you can get to financial independence in France and how to do that in the best way. We’re covering a few actually pretty unique pension products, which you’ve never seen before in Europe and are unique to France. Hopefully this will be…

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Welcome to another Community episode! Today we talk about something a little bit negative, but the purpose is to try to let people know that we make mistakes and when it comes to investing that’s partly okay as long as we learn from it. Alvar and Michael will remember some of the worst financial mistakes and what they learned from them. Enjoy! We also talk about: Ponzi and MLM schemes Red flags to check Evaluating p2p lending companies Transferwise Don’t…

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Hello everyone! In this episodes all three co-hosts of the FI-Europe podcast, Alvar, Mathias and Araminta discuss their savings rates and ROI for the current year, and compare it to what they planned in episode 29. They will also reflect on how the concept of financial independence has evolved for them, and also take a look at how is the podcast doing, its achievements and plans for the future. Enjoy! We also talk about: The FIE podcast numbers The Facebook…

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