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High risk, high reward: A pauper's dream of early retirement.

barnstar2077 · 2025-03-22 20:19:14

As regulars on this forum will know, I am trying to retire early while working part time, with a current salary of about £21.5K. Five years ago (after the loss of a loved one) I started to take my life and my finances a bit more seriously. I was 43 at the time, with a combined pension and ISA of £73.5k. I decided to make…

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Hoenir Posts: 7,742 Forumite

5 June at 1:04PM

kempiejon said:

My UK focused share portfolio is testing all time highs. FTSE100 up around 6% year to date, S&P500 down a similar amount, but yes currencies play for global investors.

Currency could potentially be a double edged sword. If there's a significant flight of capital out of US $ assets. Often gets overlooked how UK investors returns were boosted by the fluctuations in the exchange rate post 2007.

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