Eight tips to help you retire early

Stopping work before pension age may seem like a distant dream, but can these top tips help you retire early?

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MoneyWeek explores eight things to consider if you want to retire early
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While we may spend years saving up for a pension, for many of us, stopping work and retiring early is the ultimate goal.

About one in six people (16%) are hoping to retire before their 60th birthday. A further 23% plan to finish work and enter retirement between the ages of 61 and 65, which is before the official state pension age of 66 (which will soon rise to 67), according to research from Hargreaves Lansdown.

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Moira O'Neill
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Moira is an independent freelance investment and money writer, editor and presenter. She is a columnist for the Financial Times. Previously, she was head of content at Interactive Investor, editor at Moneywise, personal finance editor at Investors Chronicle and deputy editor at Money Observer. She’s the author of two personal finance books, Finance at 40 and Saving and Investing for Your Children and has won a Wincott Journalism Award. She read Classics at Cambridge University.

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