Financial independence, tested with real numbers

Everything you need for
your FIRE journey

Free tools, tested strategies, and plain writing on getting to financial independence.

The tools

Built to be opened and checked

What the simulator found

108 strategies, one index, 20 years

23.08% Best strategy, a year
21.47% Plain monthly investing
11/36 Beat plain investing

Best strategy vs plain monthly investing

Apr 2005 – Aug 2026
Strategy Plain monthly investing
₹1L invested monthly ₹48.4cr vs ₹38.9cr
Writing

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The idea

What FIRE actually means

Financial Independence, Retire Early — what the two halves mean, and why the first matters more than the second.

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History

Where the FIRE movement came from

From a 1992 book to a Colorado blogger who made frugality sound like freedom rather than deprivation.

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The maths

The 4% rule, and its fine print

Where the number came from, what it actually promised, and the assumptions people quietly drop when repeating it.

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