By Jonathan Chevreau

Financial Independence Hub

To all our American readers, the Findependence Hub wishes a happy  Independence Day, or  as we like to say around here, Findependence Day.

Bloggers are fond of building posts around the July 4th celebration, and this year several are using the phrase Financial Independence Day. For instance, Forbes.com just published a blog titled Financial Independence Day for Millennials.

In fact, a year ago, Richard Eisenberg of Next Avenue and Forbes.com did just that, writing a similar piece entitled How to Declare Your Financial Independence. And he did make an explicit reference to Findependence Day, more on which below.

This weekend’s Motley Fool Money podcast is titled Declare Your Financial Independence.

And a few days ago, the Energy & Capital Site alos used the same phrase in an online commentary: Financial Independence Day. However, the piece merely outlines 55 trading rules and doesn’t get into the topic the way the Hub does.

The trend is clear and it seems from our vantage point that the next logical step is to use our contraction and call it Findependence Day!  It’s not exactly a new term any more: the original book bearing that name was published in 2008 (more about which  below).

So for those for whom the term may still be unfamiliar,what exactly is Findependence?

It’s simply a contraction for Financial Independence.

And Findependence Day? That’s the day you achieve Financial Independence. Continue Reading…