Wednesday, September 1, 2021

August 2021 update ($800,283 +$22,010 or +%2.8)

↑ Financial independence savings for last month $2,000
↑ Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund is up by $4,585 or +2.8%
↑ Eurozone Stock Index Fund is up by $3,852 or +2.5%
↑ US 500 Stock Index Fund is up by $5,786 or +3.0%
↑ Global Small Cap Index is down by $1,888 or +2.7%
Grand total additions: $22,010 USD

Financial Independence update August 2021

Sunday, August 1, 2021

July 2021 update ($778,273 -$2,989 or -%0.4)

↑ Financial independence savings for last month $2,000
↑ Eurozone Stock Index Fund is up by $2,011 or +1.3%
↑ US 500 Stock Index Fund is up by $4,417 or +2.3%
↑GBP is up to USD by $1,024 or +1.5% for my portfolio
Grand total additions: $9,452 USD

↓ Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund is down by $11,300 or -6.7%
↓ Global Small Cap Index is down by $1,141 or -0.7%
Grand total loses: $12,441 USD

Financial independence update July 2021

Thursday, July 1, 2021

June 2021 update ($781,262 +$2,737 or +%0.4)

↑ Financial independence savings for last month $2,000
↑ Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund is up by $5,573 or +3.3%
↑ Eurozone Stock Index Fund is up by $1,723 or +1.1%
↑ US 500 Stock Index Fund is up by $4,245 or +2.3%
↑ Global Small Cap Index is up by $325 or +0.2%
↑ Growth fund is up by $2,377 or +3.4%
Grand total additions: $16,243 USD

↓EUR is down to USD by $10,946 or -3.4% for my portfolio
↓GBP is down to USD by $2,560 or -3.7% for my portfolio
Grand total loses: $13,506 USD

Financial Independence update June 2021

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

May 2021 update ($778,526 +$17,398 or +%2.3)

↑ Financial independence savings for last month $2,000
↑ Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund is up by $1,501 or +0.9%
↑ Eurozone Stock Index Fund is up by $4,078 or +2.7%
↑ US 500 Stock Index Fund is up by $1,233 or +0.7%
↑ Global Small Cap Index is up by $1,631 or +1.0%
↑ Growth fund is up by $116 or +0.2%
↑ EUR is up to USD by $5,354 or +1.7% for my portfolio
↑ GBP is up to USD by $1,485 or +2.1% for my portfolio
Grand total additions: $17,398 USD

Financial Independence - update on progress May 2021

Monday, May 3, 2021

April 2021 update ($761,128 +$33,824 or +%4.7)

↑ Financial independence savings for last month $2,000
↑ Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund is up by $777 or +0.5%
↑ Eurozone Stock Index Fund is down by $3,498 or +2.4%
↑ US 500 Stock Index Fund is up by $10,031 or +5.8%
↑ Global Small Cap Index is up by $6,286 or +4.0%
↑ Growth fund is up by $2,353 or +3.6%
↑ EUR is up to USD by $7,891 or +2.6% for my portfolio
↑ GBP is up to USD by $989 or +1.5% for my portfolio

Grand total additions: $33,824 USD
April 2021 Financial independence update

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

March 2021 update ($727,304 +$17,677 or +%2.5)

↑ Financial independence savings for last month $2,000
↑ Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund is up by $1,554 or +0.9%
↑ Eurozone Stock Index Fund is down by $8,983 or +5.7%
↑ US 500 Stock Index Fund is up by $9,645 or +5.9%
↑ Global Small Cap Index is up by $2,524 or +1.7%
↑ Growth fund is up by $952 or +1.5%
Grand total additions: $25,658 USD
 
↓ EUR is down to USD by $7,511 or -2.1% for my portfolio
↓ GBP is down to USD by $470 or -0.7% for my portfolio
Total losses: $7,981
March 2021 Financial Independence update

Friday, March 12, 2021

February 2021 update ($709,783 +$14,076 or +%2.0)

↑ Financial independence savings for last month $2,000
↑ Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund is up by $1,373 or +0.8%
↑ Eurozone Stock Index Fund is down by $4,404 or +3.3%
↑ US 500 Stock Index Fund is up by $1,207 or +0.7%
↑ Global Small Cap Index is up by $7,438 or +5.1%
Grand total additions: $16,423 USD

↓ EUR is down to USD by $2,456 or -0.8% for my portfolio
Total losses: $2,456

February 2021 Financial Independence update

Friday, February 26, 2021

January 2021 update ($695,708 +$11,410 or +%1.7)


↑ Financial independence savings for last month $2,000
↑ Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund is up by $6,661 or +4.3%
↑ US 500 Stock Index Fund is up by $722 or +0.4%
↑ Global Small Cap Index is up by $3,508 or +2.5%
↑ Fidelity Growth Fund is up by $1,385 or +2.2%
↑ GBP is up to USD by $940 or 1.5% for my portfolio
Grand total additions: $15,216 USD

↓ Eurozone Stock Index Fund is down by $1,394 or -1.0%
↓ EUR is down to USD by $2,456 or -0.8% for my portfolio
Total losses: $3,850
January 2021 Financial Independence update

Thursday, January 7, 2021

2021 Financial Independence Goals

 Having a blog is fun thing to do. You can write about your favorite subjects, or anything really.  Your blog keeps memory of your thoughts, ideas, memories, goals.  I can also review what I promised. I have been consistent on meeting my financial savings and investments but not so much on development, which I am convinced is the key.
 
Looking at my income stream and assuming it will remain the same I need another 15-20 years before I can reach the financial independence.  While it is quite a long time away one of my real concerns is to get ready for the second life – what to do, hence the development is important. Quarantine time gave me insight into spending time at home.

So how can I make my goals achievable? I think that I need to scale back. If I can do more -great.

 

Financial goals:

a. Save 20% on the income - Accumulate $25 K a year.

b. Chose where to invest it and when.

 

Blog:

a. Regular monthly updates.

b. To cover 6 themes on financial independence.  

 

Educational:

a. Read 3 books from the list.

b. Publish the books reviews.

c. Corporate finances to study in detail.

 

- Be happy.  Run 600 miles during the year. BMI at 26.3 by December. Loose 2.5 pounds a month.

 

What are your 2021 goals? Is it something you recommend I do more or stop doing?

Sunday, January 3, 2021

2020 Financial Independence Goals review

 This extraordinary year came to the end.  My portfolio went up by 15%.

Financial goals:

- Save 20% on the income - Accumulate $25 K a year and invest it either in one of the existing funds or new one. – This goal is only partially complete. I accumulated $24 K but not invested. The markets are all time high, so it is no point to invest it now. I have not selected where I want to invest them.

 

Portfolio:

- Develop additional income source in full, potential reward about $2,000 a year. Target sites to be developed in full this year.  This is “make it or break it”. If I am not able to do this year, I will wind down niche sites and focus elsewhere.  My personal preference is to make it, despite disproportionate amount of time I might spent. – This did not happen. The main financial independence site generated some income. However, combined niche sites did not reach $2K a year. I need to re-focus the time elsewhere.

 

Blog:

- Regular monthly updates. – This complete.

- To cover 6 themes on financial independence, including mortgage one.  –  This goal is complete. Networth change past 10 years,  Mutual funds spreading, The rich vs. Poor, Junior ISA, Market Charges, Dividend Aristocrats,  Four percent rule.

 

Educational:

- Read 12 books from the list.  – Read only two. One of them is Enough by John Bogle.

- Publish the books reviews.  – Complete for the books that I read.

- Corporate finances to study in detail. – This did not occur.

 

- Be happy.  Run 1,000 miles during the year. BMI at 26.3 by December. Loose 2.5 pounds a month. – Ran only 240 miles. I thought that last year with 253 miles the lowest possible one.

 

What are your 2020 goals? Is it something you recommend I do more or stop doing?

 I need to think how to make this year goals smarter and to make sure that I will complete them.  How was your year and the goals achievements?

Friday, January 1, 2021

December 2020 update ($684,298 +$32,954 or +%5.1)

↑ Financial independence savings for last month $2,000
↑ Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund is up by $6,430 or +4.4%
↑ Eurozone Stock Index Fund is up by $2,160 or +1.6%
↑ US 500 Stock Index Fund is up by $3,588 or +2.3%
↑ Global Small Cap Index is up by $9,162 or +6.9%
↑ Fidelity Growth Fund is up by $998 or +1.7%
↑ EUR is up to USD by $7,237 or 2.5% for my portfolio
↑ GBP is up to USD by $1,379 or 2.3% for my portfolio
Grand total additions: $32,954 USD

December 2020 Financial Independence update