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  • Katie Donegan and Alan Donegan working on laptops during their annual personal finance review at a café in Bogotá, Colombia.

    Blog, Financial Independence, Keeping Track, Save and Invest

    Annual Personal Finance Review: Step‑by‑Step Guide + Family Meeting Playbook

    30th Dec 2025 Why bother with an annual personal finance review (and why it’s fun) Every December, Katie and I grab a great breakfast, [...]

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  • Cartoon-style illustration of two people high-fiving in front of a giant checklist titled “personal finance basics”, with casual clothing, a Superman logo t-shirt, and a playful background including a pineapple.

    Blog, Keeping Track, Mindset

    Stop Searching for Silver Bullets: Do the Personal Finance Basics (and Watch Your Life Change)

    Are you doing the basics, or searching for the magic pill? Most people want the shortcut. The pill, the app, the “one weird trick” to [...]

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  • Person holding an open wallet with cash in front of a laptop showing a steep stock market decline, symbolizing fear and financial stress during market volatility.

    Blog, Save and Invest

    Why Timing the Market Is a Terrible Idea (Even in an AI Bubble)

    SELL SELL SELL! The welcome page on my browser showed me a Yahoo article, with a classic click-bait title: “7 Stocks to Dump Before [...]

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  • AI-generated news broadcast graphic with headline “AI Bubble Bursts,” illustrating a hypothetical scenario of an artificial intelligence-driven stock market crash.

    Blog, Save and Invest

    Could an AI Crash Hit Your Global Index Fund?

    Katie and I were chatting about the headlines: “AI bubble!” “Tech crash coming!” In the Rebel Finance School Facebook group we see posts asking [...]

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  • Person writing in a notebook at a wooden desk with coffee and a golden pineapple, representing lessons from past bubbles and thoughtful financial insights.

    Blog, Save and Invest

    Lessons From Past Bubbles—What History Teaches Us

    If you’ve ever felt that sinking feeling when the headlines scream “Crash!” you’re not alone.  And the headlines have been screaming this year, even [...]

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  • Katie Donegan from Rebel Finance School holding her head in response to a market crash, with the words “Panic: The market has crashed” on the image.

    Blog, Overcome Fear, Take Action, Save and Invest

    How to Prepare for an AI Bubble Crash — The Three Phases

    Katie and I love talking about investing as we walk alongside Venice beach each night after dinner, and one question keeps coming up: “What [...]

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  • Keep Calm and FI On graphic with icons for FSCS £120k protection, ISA £12k cap, Help to Save scheme, and +2% tax rise

    Blog, Save and Invest

    UK Budget 2025 for FI: Help to Save, ISAs, and Taxes

    Keep Calm and FI On – The Rebel Guide The UK Budget 2025 just dropped, and if you’re on the path to Financial Independence [...]

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  • World map with glowing blue data lines and stock charts, symbolizing global financial connectivity and the rise of the AI stock market bubble.

    Blog, Overcome Fear, Take Action, Save and Invest

    Are We in an AI Stock Market Bubble? A Global Perspective

    Katie and I having been staying in Venice Beach, Los Angeles for a while and as I sit on the deck outside our Airbnb [...]

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  • Quote text ‘Values aren’t a poster. They’re an operating system.’ over a vibrant Venice Beach sunset with palm trees and ocean.

    Blog, Donegan Update

    The Donegan Update: Values, Adventures, and Lessons from the Road

    7th November 2025Hey Rebels! How are you doing? It’s been a while since I wrote an update for you all! I used to write these [...]

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  • Scales of justice with money outweighing financial advice, representing how incentives in finance distort recommendations and create conflicts of interest.

    Blog, RFS2025, Save and Invest

    How Incentives Warp Financial Advice: Protect Your Wealth

    Can you really trust financial advice when money is on the line? Incentives in finance drive human behaviour and often they don’t work in [...]

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