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The FIRE Exit
Glossary

30× rule

Saving 30 times your annual spending, which implies a withdrawal rate near 3.3% instead of 4%. The larger multiple builds in more room for long retirements, weak markets, and surprises.

What it means for you

A more cautious target than 25×; it takes longer to reach, in exchange for a wider margin over a 50-year horizon.

Read the thinkingThe number The maths from the talk: how big the pot, why I count thirty times spending rather than twenty-five, and what I actually hold. Still not advice, just my own sums, shown.

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