Financial Independence (FIRE)

7+ hour, 2+ min ago   (436+ words) Seven in 10 Kenyans are not on track for a comfortable retirement, with household expenses, irregular incomes and premature withdrawals of savings undermining efforts to secure their financial future, a new study has found. The inaugural SanlamAllianz Kenya Retirement Benchmark, released…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (589+ words) Growing up, I had no knowledge about investing. I didn't know anyone who invested, and I never heard stories about people investing for retirement or trading stocks — most people I knew lived paycheck to paycheck. My lack of financial literacy…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (271+ words) By Jibril Abdul Mumuni Accra, Oct. 12, GNA – Fire remains Ghana’s leading insurance risk, with 41 per cent of respondents in a survey by the National Insurance Commission (NIC) identifying it as their most significant concern. The findings also showed varying willingness…...

6+ hour, 31+ min ago   (157+ words) Serious credit card delinquencies for borrowers 70 and older hit a 15-year high. Here's what debt settlement really costs, from tax bills to lawsuits, and free options to try first. Over 1/4th of Americans expect to go into debt to buy holiday…...

8+ hour, 13+ min ago   (475+ words) The Economic Times...

8+ hour, 14+ min ago   (609+ words) More women are investing for retirement, but fewer believe their money will last, according to the women-specific findings of the sixth Bharosa Talks India Retirement Index Study (IRIS 6.0), released today by Axis Max Life Insurance in partnership with Kantar. The…...

12+ hour, 25+ min ago   (312+ words) The Cyprus Financial Literacy and Education Committee (CyFLEC) will hold free financial education workshops for women in Nicosia on November 10-11, 2026, aiming to improve their money management skills, financial confidence and long-term financial security. The workshops, titled “Your money. Your power…...

18+ hour, 30+ min ago   (480+ words) I’m not one to distinguish investors based on gender — I believe that investing is gender-neutral. However, a number of studies raise some valid points about women’s comfort with investing. Are women confident of their ability to save? Is saving different…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (372+ words) Retiring early may sound appealing, but building a corpus that can sustain you for four decades or more requires careful planning. For a 34-year-old earning Rs 1.5 lakh a month, the challenge is to estimate future expenses, calculate the retirement corpus…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1067+ words) Most people think financial freedom requires a big salary or a lucky stock pick. It doesn’t. The whole thing runs on a few equations you probably learned how to do in high school algebra and forgot about by graduation. Financial…...