How to Become Financially Independent by Your 30s
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The Motley Fool
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🗓️ 9 October 2018
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
With the help of Jonathan Mendonsa and Brad Barrett, the guys behind the popular ChooseFI website and podcast, we’re going to learn more about the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement and how you can gain financial independence to create the life you want.
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| 1:00.9 | Allison, hello. |
| 1:03.5 | This week's episode, we're going to learn all about the fire movement, which stands for |
| 1:09.8 | Financial Independence, retire early. |
| 1:12.1 | And we're getting help from Jonathan Mendonza and Brad Barrett, the two guys behind the popular |
| 1:16.3 | ChooseFI website and the ChooseFI podcast. All then and more on this week's episode of Motleyful |
| 1:21.9 | Answers. So, bro, what's up? Well, Allison, a giant in the financial advisory business is retiring. |
| 1:29.3 | Chances are, most investors don't know the name of Harold Evanski. |
| 1:32.3 | But he's a pioneer in the world of sort of research-based financial planning. |
| 1:36.3 | It's pretty safe to say that there's no advisor who's won more awards or accolades than |
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