Episode 14 – How a European can reach FI in the UK | The Escape Artist

Episode 14 – How a European can reach FI in the UK | The Escape Artist

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Today we talk to the one and only Barney, aka The Escape Artist! We discuss Barney’s personal FI journey, the best way to manage your investments and how a European can reach FI in the UK. What we talk about: Barney’s personal FI journey and strategy How to keep your investing simple How to set up your portfolio against FX risks How a European arriving in the UK should take advantage of the UK banking system Don’t forget to subscribe our…

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Episode 13 – Community Friday Questions 01

Episode 13 – Community Friday Questions 01

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Our first Friday episode!! Finally!  We’re very excited to be bringing you these ‘Community’ Friday episodes, where we take in questions from the community and discuss them on the podcast. In this one we discuss how to bring your partner on board with FI, and the huge benefits of being an individual investor. What we talk about: Alvar and Mathias’ experiences bringing their partners on board How you can too The three benefits of being an individual investor Send us…

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Episode 12 – Getting to Know the Insides of a P2P Platform

Episode 12 – Getting to Know the Insides of a P2P Platform

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A very special episode this time with an actual P2P platform! We’re very excited today to be interviewing Olga, where we get into the nitty gritty of how a P2P platform works, how it makes money and why Robocash is so popular! What we talk about: Who is Olga and what she does What is Robocash What makes Robocash different How they make money What a typical investor looks like Investors’ questions Don’t forget to subscribe our podcast on Itunes, Android…

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Episode 11 – The Latin American Perspective of FI

Episode 11 – The Latin American Perspective of FI

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Today we have an amazing episode with Erik from Hippies de Land Rover! We talk about FI from a Latin American perspective, his journey to FI and detailed investment strategy. What we also talk about: How Latin Americans react to learning about FI Erik’s investing strategy Why and how he started his company Working in Switzerland Spreading FIRE in South America Very interesting to talk about FI from a not-so-well-known perspective – enjoy! (we apologise for the echo at the…

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Episode 10 – Financially Educate Yourself with Araminta

Episode 10 – Financially Educate Yourself with Araminta

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Today’s interesting episode features Araminta (me, the blogger) about financial education, how I started my blog Financially Mint and future FI plans. What we talk about: Who Araminta is How I got started with the FI world The importance of financial education How students should get started on FI Future FI goals It gets pretty interesting (and did you hear Warren Buffet jump out at the beginning?!) ? Subscribe for new episodes on Itunes, Android or Spotify! Or download here! Who is Araminta?…

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Episode 09 – P2P Lending in Denmark

Episode 09 – P2P Lending in Denmark

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In today’s episode we interview Jørgen from Denmark about peer to peer lending, how to do your p2p lending research and diversifying your portfolio with real estate. An awesome episode. What we talk about: Reaching FI in Denmark P2P lending and what it’s about The best research strategy Crowdlending vs index funds How to get started with p2p Real estate His FI journey Let’s get to it! ? Subscribe for new episodes on Itunes, Android or Spotify! direct download especially for Kamil…

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Episode 08 – Getting started with Dividend Growth Investing

Episode 08 – Getting started with Dividend Growth Investing

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Hello and welcome to Episode 8 of the Financial Independence Europe podcast! Today I (Araminta) had the pleasure of interviewing my co-host Alvar, someone who has quite a lot to say on dividend growth investing. It was a lot of fun interviewing him in my room in Edinburgh – we’re still getting the hang of this and let’s just say poor Alvar had a lot of editing to do. ? Subscribe for new episodes on Itunes, Android or Spotify! Anyway, without further…

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Episode 07 – Get to FI in Dubai

Episode 07 – Get to FI in Dubai

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Welcome to episode 07 of our FI Europe podcast! Today I had the honour of interviewing Steve from Dead Simple Saving, a Brit who’s worked all the way in Dubai and has now reached Financial Independence. Since both my co-hosts were away at the time (one with a new baby and one on a plane), I was the sole interviewer and it was my first time in person! I was a little nervous at first, but Steve was a great…

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Episode 06 – How to live on 600€ a month in Vienna

Episode 06 – How to live on 600€ a month in Vienna

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Very excited to putting out this episode today! We’re interviewing Angelo and Sofia all the way in Vienna, Austria because they have accomplished something astonishing: living on 600€ month each in a pretty expensive city. How do they do it? What do they live off? Will they do this forever? Listen to the episode or read on to find out 😉 (and this is my (Araminta) first time interviewing!) ? Subscribe for new episodes on Itunes, Android or Spotify! Who are Angelo…

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Episode 05 – FIRE Yourself to Switzerland

Episode 05 – FIRE Yourself to Switzerland

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Hello and welcome to the fifth episode here at Financial Independence Europe! Today we’re interviewing Mr RIP (Mr Retire in Progress, no he’s not dying), an Italian living in Switzerland and with an awesome blog on his FI journey. As usual, we recommend listening in. If not, here’s a cool summary for you.   ? Subscribe for new episodes on Itunes, Android or Spotify! Who is Mr RIP? After being given the option to change locations of his job as a software…

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