What is FIRE and can it help you retire early?

Do you dream of giving up the day job and enjoying the freedom that would bring? You’re not alone. But many don’t want to wait until retirement age winter years to kick back. Can the FIRE movement help? FIRE - financial independence, retire early – is a personal finance strategy that involves extreme investing and frugality during your working life in order to enable early retirement and financial freedom. In theory. The concept was first established in the US in the 1990s, and