On the road to financial independence and beyond
This is a review of my investment trading activity since the December 2019 UK election. I see myself as mostly a buy and hold investor but I have made some trades in the last twenty-three months. I traded in order to re-position between the UK and non-UK stock market, to reposition between income and growth…
This is an update on my portfolio for the month of September. We had some exceptional costs in the month and I am now concerned about future price inflation. September The FTSE All Share Total Return index, my chosen benchmark, is down by -0.96% in the month, and is up by +13.56% for the year…
When I started looking after my own money and began to invest things moved very slowly. There were no FIRE blogs, or even FIRE books that I was aware of. I didn’t know that FIRE meant financial independence retire early. My inclination was to save and invest as I began to earn money, but I…
This is an update on my portfolio for the month of August. This was another quiet month, with no changes, but with several dividends reinvested or received as cash in accordance with my standing instructions. I’m looking to make some small changes in early September. August I have prepared this month end based on the…