Rule of 25 - My Own Advisor

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Mark | 58 Comments

Retirement Numbers and Rules Professionals from all walks of life and sectors have a knack for making the simple, extremely complex. Same goes for the financial industry. In the spirit of keeping things simple, I have updated some back-of-the-napkin examples…

Determining Your Financial Independence Number

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Mark | 24 Comments

Determining Your Financial Independence Number Passionate readers of this site have long understood I’ve never been fully convinced about the “retire early” element in the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) movement. Sure, “retire early” is fine and good but I…