Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Asset Diversification

Financial independence currency allocation:
Currency
October 2011
June 2012
February 2013
June 2015
December 2015*
EUR
26.5%
25%
13%
68%
93%
GBP
50%
41%
30%
29%
0%
RUB
21.6%
18%
14%
7%
7%
USD
1.9%
15%
43%
0%
0%
*Aspired
I wish I could have more direct exposure to USD, however Western European banks do not allow direct exposure to the USD. A lot of the EU brokerage firms excluding products trading on the US exchange rates  as these are non-AFM (Authority for the Financial Markets) registered investment funds. AFM. This is responsible for supervising business conduct, which focuses on providing:
- Orderly and transparent financial market processes;
- Transparency between market participants;
- Due care in the treatment of customers.
So they excluded Vanguard S&P 500 and Emerging markets sold in US on the USA exchanges. I think they are doing it to reduce US tax entanglements with these.
Many EU brokerage funds removed products listed on the stock exchanges in Israel, South Africa, New Zealand and Russia.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

June 2015 update ($315,600 -$ 5,730 or -2%)

Accumulated $4,000 USD as part of my annual saving goal for June
EUR gained against USD $5,620
GBP gained against USD $1,000
 Grand total additions: US$ 10,620
  Vanguard Emerging market lost 970 USD
↓ Vanguard S&P 500 lost 1,240 USD
Company shares lost 390 USD
Rosneft shares lost 790
↓Gazprom shares lost 12,960 USD
  Grand total losses:  US$ 16,350