At the beginning of last year I created a list of goals that I wanted to achieve during 2018. I found it to be useful, as seeing them gave me additional motivation throughout the year. The year ended with 7 out of 10 goals completed. So I decided to create a new set of goalsRead More
Can you believe that the year is over? I still keep writing 2018 when I need to write a date somewhere. I guess I will get used that we are already in 2019 but my brain is not fully there yet. With that said, it’s time for the last edition in 2018 of my favoriteRead More
At the beginning of 2018, I set some goals to myself. Well, it’s already the last day of 2018, so let’s see how many of them I managed to achieve. Financial Goals Grow passive income portfolio to €11000; – on the 27th of December, my stocks portfolio was worth €9568 and my P2P lending portfolio stands atRead More
December is not looking good for markets so far. We hear the news everyday that the stock prices are falling due to various reasons: FED raising interest rates, trade wars between U.S. and China, uncertainty about Brexit, slowing economy growth in the world, U.S. Government shutdown etc. My own portfolio decreased by ~5% recently butRead More
It looks like the volatility in the market is back. Concerns over durability of trade talks between China and and the US, together with dimming outlook for the global economy sent the markets down during the last week. We will see if this is the beginning of a serious trouble or just another temporary dip.Read More
The last month of autumn was a remarkable month. Our baby-daughter is growing well and giving us a lot of joy. She smiled for the first time and is doing it more often now which is amazing to see! There were also some changes in the investing front. I finally managed to open an accountRead More
I finally managed to open an account with a new broker (Interactive Brokers) this week and didn’t wait long to employ my cash. On the 14th of November, I initiated a position in Illinois Tool Works (ITW) which was one of the companies I covered in my recent watchlist. This company has been a popularRead More
It’s time again to have a look at the market and try to find some potential targets for my portfolio. October was a busy month for a lot of dividend investors, as the market slipped and presented quite a few opportunities. Unfortunately, I didn’t take advantage of that but hopefully I will still be ableRead More
October has been an interesting month. Finally, we were able to witness a substantial correction in US markets as we saw a fall of ~10%. You would naturally think that it should be worrying. Actually, the contrary happened – it felt like a relief. The market finally is presenting quite a few opportunities so IRead More
I was going through my portfolio recently and noticed that I don’t have any companies from the Utility sector. Even though utility companies are usually not fast-growing, their stability may also be a good thing. This is especially useful during the bad times. We are already seeing some turbulence in US stocks recently so itRead More
