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title: "Mehdi Zare CFA"
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# Mehdi Zare CFA

Founder, Bina Capital

Mehdi Zare, CFA, is the founder of Bina Capital, a free financial education site built around side-by-side comparisons. He writes about FIRE paths, retirement accounts, tax basics, and turning a paycheck into a long-term plan, with an education-first approach and no product pitches.

Profile: https://connectively.us/p/mehdi-zare

## Stories (1)

- [Coast FIRE vs classic FIRE: which question are you really asking?](https://news.featured.com/coast-fire-vs-classic-fire-which-question-are-you-really.md) (Bylines, Money & Personal Finance, 2026-10-08)
  Classic FIRE aims to stop work as early as possible. Coast FIRE aims to stop heavy saving early and let compounding finish the job. By Mehdi Zare CFA, Founder, Bina Capital.

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