Category: FIRE

FIRE (19 articles)

<p>This article brings together the interrelationship between the size of the retirement corpus, inflation, asset returns, longevity and the amount you wish to spend in retirement.</p>

Safe Withdrawal Rate FIRE Retirement

Safe Withdrawal Rates and Required Portfolio Returns For Retirement Planning

This article brings together the interrelationship between the size of the retirement corpus, inflation, asset returns, longevity and the amount you wish to spend in retirement.

Published: 6 January 2025

14 MIN READ

<p>This article explores how purchasing a house affects your retirement timeline, offering scenarios based on your early retirement goals.</p>

House Purchase FIRE

When should you buy a house if your goal is FIRE or early retirement? In your 30s, 40s or 50s?

This article explores how purchasing a house affects your retirement timeline, offering scenarios based on your early retirement goals.

Published: 15 December 2024

6 MIN READ

<p>This article will show how starting an SWP once you are retired (early or otherwise) does not always guarantee a comfortable lifestyle in retirement.</p>

Retirement FIRE Portfolio Construction

The lie of enjoying financial freedom via SWP from mutual funds

This article will show how starting an SWP once you are retired (early or otherwise) does not always guarantee a comfortable lifestyle in retirement.

Published: 10 December 2024

17 MIN READ

<p>This article discusses how to plan early retirement in the face of lifestyle inflation and lack of health insurance for an investor in their 40s.</p>

FIRE Portfolio Construction Health Insurance

Does this DISK family need to work longer even after reaching 45x FIRE corpus?

This article discusses how to plan early retirement in the face of lifestyle inflation and lack of health insurance for an investor in their 40s.

Published: 8 December 2024

9 MIN READ

<p>This article uses the Arthgyaan goal-based investing calculator to understand how much corpus is needed to have a comfortable lifestyle in India.</p>

Case Study NRI FIRE

Barista FIRE Calculator for NRI Returning to India: Can $1 million be enough for this NRI returning to India in 5 years for early-retirement?

This article uses the Arthgyaan goal-based investing calculator to understand how much corpus is needed to have a comfortable lifestyle in India.

Published: 3 November 2024

9 MIN READ

<p>This article guides retirees and FIRE aspirants on using the Arthgyaan goal-based investing tool to incorporate diverse income sources like rent, pension, royalties, and commissions into your portfolio.</p>

Calculator FIRE Free Planning Tool

How can you add multiple income streams to your portfolio for retirement?

This article guides retirees and FIRE aspirants on using the Arthgyaan goal-based investing tool to incorporate diverse income sources like rent, pension, royalties, and commissions into your portfolio.

Published: 30 October 2024

6 MIN READ

<p>This article shows how a double-income couple with a 2-year old reach their FIRE dream at the age of 50.</p>

Case Study FIRE

Case study: can this double income single kid family reach FIRE at 50?

This article shows how a double-income couple with a 2-year old reach their FIRE dream at the age of 50.

Published: 17 May 2023

18 MIN READ

<p>This article shows how a double-income couple with a newborn child can invest for their future goals of FIRE and real-estate investment.</p>

Case Study Children FIRE

Case study: how a family in their mid-30s with a newborn kid can FIRE and invest in real estate?

This article shows how a double-income couple with a newborn child can invest for their future goals of FIRE and real-estate investment.

Published: 30 April 2023

20 MIN READ

<p>This article explains the concept of CoastFIRE and lets you calculate when you can achieve CoastFIRE.</p>

FIRE Calculator

What is CoastFIRE? How to achieve CoastFIRE in India?

This article explains the concept of CoastFIRE and lets you calculate when you can achieve CoastFIRE.

Published: 19 February 2023

8 MIN READ

<p>This article shows the effect of postponing early retirement by just a little since it allows you to spend more in retirement.</p>

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FIRE journey in India: what happens if you work just a bit longer

This article shows the effect of postponing early retirement by just a little since it allows you to spend more in retirement.

Published: 4 December 2022

5 MIN READ

<p>This article shows that if you decide to retire today, how long will the corpus last realistically based on real rates of return.</p>

Safe Withdrawal Rate Retirement FIRE

How long will your money last if you retire today?

This article shows that if you decide to retire today, how long will the corpus last realistically based on real rates of return.

Published: 18 September 2022

11 MIN READ

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What is the net-worth needed to FIRE in India?

A Step-by-step guide for finding out how much money you need to FIRE in India.

Published: 3 April 2022

15 MIN READ

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What is the quickest way to reach FIRE?

If you are interested in FIRE, you need to know about the best way to reach that goal. This post shows how.

Published: 20 February 2022

17 MIN READ

<p>This post deals with a situation where a middle aged salaried employee is forced to retire due to changing workplace situations.</p>

Retirement FIRE

How to prepare today in case you are forced to retire in the next five years?

This post deals with a situation where a middle aged salaried employee is forced to retire due to changing workplace situations.

Published: 6 September 2021

7 MIN READ

<p>This post shows a worked-out example for someone starting their career to plan for FIRE.</p>

Retirement FIRE

I am 25 and want to FIRE by 40. How much should I save per month?

This post shows a worked-out example for someone starting their career to plan for FIRE.

Published: 24 August 2021

7 MIN READ

<p>This post shows an easy way to estimate your expenses in retirement/FIRE as the first step in knowing how much you need to target as a retirement corpus.</p>

Retirement FIRE Free Planning Tool

How can you figure out your expenses in retirement/FIRE?

This post shows an easy way to estimate your expenses in retirement/FIRE as the first step in knowing how much you need to target as a retirement corpus.

Published: 23 August 2021

8 MIN READ