The year of the dog is here and yet another month in my slow quest to reach financial independence has passed. How did the portfolio do?
January 2018: monthly update
Early January I wrote a cautionary post on the need to be prepared for the next bear market. How did my investments do in January?
The next market crash is coming — let’s be prepared
Two years ago, I wrote a short blog post “the market is dropping – what to do”. The Straits Times Index had fallen below 2,650 points and the mood was grim. Today the situation could not be more different. With stocks at record highs is a new crash coming?
2017: my year in charts
2017 was an eventful year. I moved from Singapore to Europe, got married, got a new job, travelled around a fair bit… How did my portfolio do? Read on for the details and all the charts.
November 2017: monthly update
November is always a bit of a dull month, but I stuck to my plans, invested and saved as usual. Read on for the details!
October 2017: monthly update
In October I went on vacation to Portugal and received a personal record amount of dividends. Read on for the details.
September 2017: monthly update
As life gets busier, my monthly reports get more and more delayed. I promise improvement! Read on to learn how my investments fared in September.
August 2017: monthly update
September is nearly finished and I still have not published my August update… Time really zips by now that I am living in Europe. Work, intensively learning French and all the nice places to explore keep me so busy that I have to find the time for updating this little blog. Read on to find out how August went!
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July 2017: monthly update
Investing for financial independence can feel quite dull over time. Now that I am used to living in Europe again, the excitement has made way to routine. How did I do in July?
June 2017: monthly update
In June, roughly three years after posting my first monthly update, my portfolio finally surpassed SGD 200,000