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Episode 073 – An Updated View On The Trinity Study Results and 4% Rule | The Poor Swiss

Episode 073 – An Updated View On The Trinity Study Results and 4% Rule | The Poor Swiss

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Hello! In today’s episode Alvar will talk with the ‘Poor Swiss’ from the Poor Swiss blog, who recently has published an article in which he re-read the Trinity Study with a few twists in order to use it all the way up to 2018 instead of 1995. Also, he looked at if the 4% safe withdrawal rate is still holding up for 50 years instead of the 30 Trinity Study is using, as in general retirement can now last longer…

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Episode CF05 – Invest In Yourself And Build Assets

Episode CF05 – Invest In Yourself And Build Assets

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Welcome to another Community episode! Today Alvar, Mathias and Michael talk about investing in yourself and developing new skills, and how it can compound over time making for a valuable asset just like any other investment. Enjoy! We also talk about: Learning from the right people When to start investing The Gallup StrengthFinder test Lifelong learning Don’t forget to subscribe our podcast on Itunes, Android or Spotify. Direct download here. How to start investing in yourself Michael, Alvar and Mathias describe…

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Episode 072 – Why You Lie About Money In Your Relationships (And How To Fix It With Radical Honesty) | Tuulia Syvänen

Episode 072 – Why You Lie About Money In Your Relationships (And How To Fix It With Radical Honesty) | Tuulia Syvänen

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Hello FI people! Today we talk about a method that will help you to remove money as a source of stress from your relationships with friends, coworkers, family and your spouse. We all lie several times each day to avoid conflicts, in order to not hurt somebody, avoid shame, judgement and try to manage other peoples feelings without even being asked. Tuulia is one of the first certified radical honesty coaches and is leading workshops across Europe with her partner…

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Episode CF04 – Self-Employment Vs. Employment for FI

Episode CF04 – Self-Employment Vs. Employment for FI

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Welcome to another Community episode! Today Alvar and Mathias talk with Michael about the different options to reach FI as an employee VS being self employed. Enjoy! We also talk about: 9 to 5 mentality Support for the unemployed Life/work balance Side hustles as a fulfillment Don’t forget to subscribe our podcast on Itunes, Android or Spotify. Direct download here. How the two approaches differ Employees put an FI number and save until that. Freelancers think more in terms of cash…

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Episode 071 – 0% Tax? How Is That Possible | Christoph from Staatenlos

Episode 071 – 0% Tax? How Is That Possible | Christoph from Staatenlos

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Hey FI Europeans! In this episode, Mathias interviews Christoph Heuerman: he is a self-described Perpetual Traveller, has visited 160 countries worldwide and keeps travelling. Besides travelling he is also an investor and expert on international tax and flag theory. His knowledge of tax systems and offshore countries led him to discover that there are options to live a fulfilling and active life while minimizing taxes. Christoph studied Administrative Sciences at the University of Konstanz in Germany and he knows the…

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Episode CF03 – Reaching FI In High-Cost Countries | Tobias

Episode CF03 – Reaching FI In High-Cost Countries | Tobias

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Hello from FI Europe for another Community Friday. Today Mathias talks with a member of our community, his name is Tobias and he calls itself a lazy investor. He’s an Austrian who lived in Germany and now lives in Switzerland, so we talk about how he works towards FI in these high costs countries and how the pension systems works there. We also talk about his favourite investment strategies. Enjoy! We also talk about: The value of Masters Digital accelerators…

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Episode 070 – Career Testing and Personal Finance Tips for Those in Their 20s | Araminta

Episode 070 – Career Testing and Personal Finance Tips for Those in Their 20s | Araminta

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Hello everyone! This week Araminta is back with an interview she did for Jonathan in his podcast, where she talks about her current life in Malaysia, some personal finance tips for people in their 20s and her theories about career testing. Enjoy! We also talk about: Budgeting Career capital Transferable skills Career adaptation Online side income The FIE Podcast! Don’t forget to subscribe our podcast on Itunes, Android or Spotify. Direct download here. Starting a career in financial education Araminta was…

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Episode CF02 – How to prepare for recession

Episode CF02 – How to prepare for recession

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Hello and welcome FI Europeans! We do another Community Friday episode and the topic for today is how to prepare for recession. People are expecting a recession since 2015 so it’s always good to check. Are you prepared? What is a recession? How does it come from and how to spot it may be also before? These are some of the questions we will try to address today. Enjoy! We also talk about: Definition of recession Hedging Economic cycles Timing…

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Episode 069 – Slow Travel & Reaching FI as a French citizen thanks to geo-arbitrage | Mr. and Mrs. NomadNumbers

Episode 069 – Slow Travel & Reaching FI as a French citizen thanks to geo-arbitrage | Mr. and Mrs. NomadNumbers

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Welcome to another episode of the FI Europe podcast! Today we dive deep into very interesting topics like geoarbitrage, moving to the US and getting a high income salary and then potentially moving back to Europe: we’ll discuss all that and everything in between with Mr. and Mrs. NomadNumbers, sit back and have fun! We also talk about: The Simple Path To Wealth Investing between US and Europe Vanguard ETF A typical day as a FI nomad US travel hacking…

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Episode CF01 – Bonds and FI

Episode CF01 – Bonds and FI

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Hello, welcome to a new episode of the FI Europe Podcast! Today it’s a special episode because it’s the first episode of a new format we were thinking about for a long time. We’ll be talking about the topics you care about and answering community questions, just the host or co-hosts, so we would like to call the episodes Community episodes. Today we will have Michael as a co-host and our main topic will be bonds. Enjoy! We also talk…

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