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      • Albania
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      • Greece
      • Hungary
      • Italy
      • Malta
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      • Portugal
      • Romania
      • Serbia
      • Slovakia
      • Spain
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      • Turkey
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      • Canada
      • Mexico
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      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru
    • Asia
      • Thailand
  • About Us
  • Retire Early

    What We Got Right to Retire Early

    August 10, 2020 /

    In order to retire so early -- when Gillian was in her 30s and I was in my 40s -- we got a few things right.

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  • Save and Invest

    What Is Fixed Income Investing?

    July 16, 2020 /

    We’re providing a primer on what fixed income investing is, the role it plays in a portfolio and why fixed income investing might not be right for you.

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  • Save and Invest

    How We Invest in the Stock Market for Financial Independence

    June 18, 2020 /

    We recently provided the briefest of overviews to our investment strategy as part of a look at our risk management approach. No surprise: our video garnered a lot of questions about our exact investment strategy.

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  • How To Manage Risk In Early Retirement
    Real Life in Retirement,  Retire Early

    How To Manage Risk In Early Retirement

    May 14, 2020 /

    We've gone and done the one thing that every retiree fears. We retired just months before a significant market crash with a recession now looming on the horizon.

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  • How To Save More Than Half Of Your Income For Early Retirement
    Retire Early,  Save and Invest

    How To Save More Than Half Of Your Income For Early Retirement

    April 30, 2020 /

    We were never people who bothered to keep a budget or even track our spending. Money came in, money came out and, as long as we tucked something into our investments each month, we were happy with this situation.

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  • How To Become Financially Independent In Your 40s Or Earlier
    Retire Early,  Save and Invest

    How To Become Financially Independent In Your 40s Or Earlier

    March 18, 2020 /

    It took a lot of years of saving and investing to get to where we are today: Free to quit our corporate jobs and travel the world, ticking off our bucket list as we go.

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