Financial Independence Explorer Mugs

'I won't meet your demands for an allowance increase, so maybe you should become a free agent.'

"If I made as much as him, I could retire in a couple of days"

Investing your savings

"Here's what you wanted – a strategy to live abundantly, build capital, surpass your peers and disappoint your heirs."

"And to finally break free from the crippling burden of my student loans."

I think I can...

Businessman on a Slippery Downward Slide.

'What's your tolerance for risk?'

Euro Balloon: Please watch out for other currencies on your way down!

'If the best things in life are free, we have too many of the worst things.'

'The pain in my head always seems to subside when I flush your bills down the toilet!'

Domino Effect of Rising Gas Prices.

'We have an excellent investment counselor and if things don't work out, an equally good investment therapist.'

'It's great not needing to put anything aside for a rainy day.'

"Apparently he told Chris Tarrant it was just enough to pay off his mortgage!"

'I didn't make any money last year because you destroyed my incentive the year before.'

'Motivation...I want huge amounts of money. Vast amounts of cash.'

'I have to warn you that hills may go up as well as down.'

After income tax, pension and national insurance I end up owing £450.

The Adventures of Recession Man! M'lady, you seem distressed. I haven't had a raise in two years. My bills keep going up but my income has stagnated. Fear not. I can save the day. You can get me a raise? I can help you see things differently. We'll talk it out, then I'll give you a back rub, and you'll feel your anger dissolve into sweet kisses. Typical! some man fashions himself a superhero who can sweet me up in his arms and dismiss all my problems. Whoa, this economy's a powerful nemesis. It'

"Chris, find a safe and fast way into lucrative tax heavens!"

'How about a romantic caper about two lost souls who meet and find happiness investing in mutual funds.'

'I'm glad the American Dream is still alive and well somewhere.'

'I'll show you my investment opportunity if you'll show me yours.'

"By 2020 millennials will control half of all investible assets...and we're still paying her car insurance?"

'We've discovered the Cave of Missing Accounting Ledgers.'

"Joey, that's what sets us apart from other species - the ability to chase investment yield for fun and profit."

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"Most men brag about their fancy cars, but...you paid off all your student loans...wow!"

"My goal is to have enough money so I can just play pickleball every day."

'I got the raise!'

"You can't hide from us!"

'Bank A' about to jump into to pool of competition followed by banks B and C

'I can still remember the days when you had a social conscience'.

"We were just making a little ceremony of burning the mortgage."