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Defined termPaper Trading
Practicing investing with fake money in real market conditions. Lets you build skill and confidence before risking real capital. What EasyFIRE does.
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The Shockingly Simple Math
MMM's 2012 post showing that years-to-retirement depends almost entirely on your savings rate, not your income. The cultural foundation of modern FIRE.
Mr. Money Mustache
Pete Adeney, the blogger widely credited with popularizing FIRE in the 2010s. Known for aggressive frugality and the "Shockingly Simple Math" post.
JL Collins
Author of "The Simple Path to Wealth" and the "Stock Series" blog posts — credited with converting a generation of investors to low-cost total-market index funds.
Boglehead
A follower of John Bogle's investing philosophy: low-cost index funds, broad diversification, long time horizon, ignore the noise.
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