I really don’t like spending my hard-earned money on buying a car so it is always a challenge to me. I have a simple principle that car’s price shouldn’t exceed the amount of two-month wage. It means that I don’t think it’s a good idea to take a loan for a car or buy itRead More
It’s time to report my passive income for the month of September. The time really flies by as it looks like I reported my August income just recently. It’s nice to reflect on what happened during the month so I can’t wait to write this monthly post. Dividend Income Let’s see which companies paid dividendsRead More
A few days ago I completed my first marathon. I decided to put my thoughts on paper while I still remember how it went. As I mentioned in my previous post, the preparation was not that great, I started training very late (around two months ago). My biggest distance to date was 32km in oneRead More
It’s been a while since I purchased any stocks. Actually, it’s been almost two years – my last purchase was in December 2015. And man oh man it feels good to be back in the game. Last week, I pulled the trigger and purchased 31 stocks of CSCO at a price of $32.21 for aRead More
I will take another direction and review my fitness activities during the month of August. To give some background, I started training for triathlon back in 2014 and finished two Ironman 70.3 events in 2015 and 2016 respectively. In short, you need to swim 1.9km, bike 90km and run 21km in such an event. IRead More
I’m sharing my passive income monthly summary for the first time. I think it’s going to be my favorite monthly post to write. Who doesn’t like getting cash for doing nothing? 3 companies paid me this month for simply having them in my portfolio. This is what I received in the month of August (theRead More
Do you know that itch to buy some stocks? Well, I am feeling it now… It’s been quite a while since I purchased anything new due to various expenses and I think I am going to pull the trigger soon. Since I am an IT engineer I figured that it would make sense to haveRead More
In this article I will explain my decision to invest to dividend paying companies as opposed to other forms of investments. Firstly, I think most of investment forms are good in general. The choice depends on what you are trying to achieve, size of employed capital, your expertise level in certain fields or even yourRead More
My current biggest goal is to save enough money for a down-payment of our own apartment. In Lithuania, you need to have at least 15% of apartment’s value in order to get a mortgage from a bank. This means that me and my wife should save around 15-20k EUR with current apartment prices in VilniusRead More
Thank you very much for visiting my blog. Here I will share my journey towards financial independence (or at least more comfortable living in retirement). I am planning to include the following topics in this blog: Monthly passive income updates; Purchases or selling of stocks; Dividend increases; Stock analysis; My considerations for picking certain stocksRead More
