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Sep 2020
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How People Are Retiring in Their 30s: Fi...

Girls That Invest
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Imagine retiring at 30, sounds a little insane doesn't it? Listen to Sim to Sonya, two millennial investors, as they walk you through the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) movement that has been taking the finance world by storm. We explain step by step how it's actually possible for millennials to achieve financial independence a lot earlier than many of us would have ever imagined in our wildest dreams!

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