What Vivian Tu has said about Retirement planning

1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 28, 2026

Vivian Tu, Personal finance educator known as Your Rich BFF, former J.P. Morgan trader and bestselling author, has been quoted on Retirement planning once in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on September 28, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Tu advises calculating a retirement 'FU number' by dividing the cost of an ideal year by 0.04.
“We are going to take this number and we are going to divide it by 0.04”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: How to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck & Finally Get Ahead (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 38:34

Episodes

How to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck & Finally Get Ahead
The Mel Robbins Podcast · Sep 28, 2026 · 1 h 9 min
Mel Robbins talks with personal finance educator Vivian Tu about escaping paycheck-to-paycheck living through saving systems, earning more, debt payoff, investing, housing and money in relationships.

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