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