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Investing
Investing is vitally important to achieve financial independence.
You might have heard that “money makes money”. That’s only partially true. Yes, you can use money to get more money, but the only way to do that is to put it to work.
Investing means putting your money to work in something that you hope will grow your wealth. Because inflation eats away at cash savings, investment for financial independence usually means buying an asset that grows in value or makes a yield.
Index funds are the classic financial independence investment, but I also dabble in private companies, gold and crypto. Maybe one day I’ll own real estate, too!
All the posts below track my approach to investing as I continue on my financial independence campaign.
Four types of capital and the financial independence campaign
You want financial independence to get freedom. Makes sense, I got you. But there’s more …
You could do a lot worse than use a robo-investor
Robo-investors refer to websites, apps or other platforms where you as the investor simply pay …
New look TOPIA app
The financial independence app TOPIA has been updated in the last month, but is it …
UK stocks might be on sale!
So our PM’s time in office was bested by the shelf life of a lettuce… …
When The Pound Took A Sh*t And Died
A somewhat lazy and low-hanging topic: the Great British Pound took a sh*t and died …
The case against index fund investing
Like many other financial independence campaigners, I invest in index funds. They’re pretty awesome, I’m …
How do I start investing with no knowledge?
Investing your money is the only real way to get passive income. Whether that’s in …