New year, new goals! This year I would like to save and invest at least SGD 105,000. The goal is not having to work for money – aka financial independence by 2027 – just before my 45th birthday.
2019: the year I finally managed to save over SGD 100,000
2019 I had planned to invest SGD 100,000 and I managed to exceed the goal. Read on for the details!
November 2019: monthly update
November is rainy and gloomy in Europe and I miss my former home Singapore tremendously. During rainy November I often missed a steaming bowl of real Laksa. The version I can concoct myself is a bad substitute at best. How did my personal finances do in this rainy autumn month?
October 2019: monthly update – already exceeded my investment goal for 2019
In October I exceeded my investment target for the whole year. Feels good! Read on for the details.
September 2019: monthly update
In September, I got a promotion. It came as a surprise. How did my portfolio do? How much money did I spend?
August 2019: monthly update
September is over and still no August update. I was battling some big issues, but still would like to post the August update in order not to break my 5 year+ streak of updates.
July 2019: monthly update
I cannot believe that I have been blogging for over 5 years already, documenting my investments and the progress. Getting to financial independence is indeed a marathon and I am not even halfway there. How did I do in July?
June 2019: first time my portfolio exceeded SGD 400k
In June 2019 my portfolio exceeded the SGD 400,000 mark for the first time. How did the month go?
May 2019: monthly update
May was a tough month for the markets, with my portfolio taking quite a hit. Read on for the details.
April 2019: monthly update
In April I spent some days on the French coast of Nice, a beautiful town. Also I received a quite nice bonus from work.