Financial

Miguel Marquez has spent years making complex subjects easier to understand.Originally from Spain, the 47-year-old earned a Ph.D. in French linguistics from Indiana University Bloomington and now teaches French, Spanish, and personal finance at a university in Shenzhen, China.Through teaching personal finance and pursuing financial independence himself, Marquez has learned…

When Cody Berman first started pursuing financial independence, his plan looked a lot like the traditional FIRE playbook: save and invest aggressively, build up a large stock-market portfolio, and eventually live off a small percentage of that nest egg each year.Berman, the author of “Retire by 30” and host of…

Cody Berman’s income more than quadrupled in three years, while his spending barely changed in that same timeframe.That widening gap, he said, was the key to reaching financial independence before his 26th birthday.Berman, the author of “Retire by 30” and host of “The Financial Independence Show,” said people pursuing FIRE…