Financial Independence (FIRE)

4+ hour, 7+ min ago   (293+ words) MANZINI – Financial independence is not only about earning money; it also involves making informed decisions, managing responsibilities and navigating setbacks without losing sight of long-term goals. These issues sit at the intersection of faith, business and personal wellbeing, the focus…...

4+ hour, 59+ min ago   (347+ words) Colorado homeowners have new rights over how insurance companies use wildfire risk scores to set prices and decide coverage. The Colorado Division of Insurance announced the protections October 12, 2026, under a state law, HB25-1182, that takes effect in October. The law is…...

7+ hour, 33+ min ago   (587+ words) A 36-year-old woman earning Sh75,000 a month is seeking advice on how to budget her money as she plans to retire at 45. However, her current budget and savings rate could make it difficult to achieve these goals within her planned timeline....

8+ hour, 12+ min ago   (620+ words) "Your policy is to protect the dwelling, not cut down trees." After a wildfire left their Washington home standing, a homeowner was left wondering whether it makes sense to file an insurance claim over five burned trees and possible smoke…...

10+ hour, 27+ min ago   (500+ words) Inside Merritt Point Wealth Advisors’ approach to independence. Sponsored by Wells Fargo Advisors Bauer and his team’s experience shaped what became Merritt Point’s business model: giving advisors the structural benefits of independence without requiring them to become full-time business operators....

12+ hour, 31+ min ago   (204+ words) For a 55-year-old informal worker, compounding has almost nothing to work with. Even if she enrolled tomorrow and saved faithfully, there would be too few years to build a pension worth the name. No payout innovation can manufacture adequacy that…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1027+ words) “You have this golden opportunity during these low-income years.” That’s what I told a listener who’s heading into a one-to-two-year career break with $80,000 in cash and a paid-off home. Is that enough? It depends on the one number she didn’t…...

16+ hour, 23+ min ago   (1419+ words) A Coquitlam landlord who sued her insurance broker after a fire destroyed a building on Clarke Road has lost her case, with a BC Supreme Court judge finding she failed to prove the broker was negligent or that she suffered…...

1+ day, 3+ hour 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…...

6+ day, 7+ 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…...