On the road to financial independence and beyond
This is an update on my portfolio for the month of November. Despite the news of the latest pronouncements on the pandemic stock markets only dipped slightly last month, whilst my portfolio was buoyed by record dividend receipts. November The FTSE All Share Total Return index, my chosen benchmark, was down by -2.24% in the…
This is an update on my portfolio for the month of October. This was a quiet and uneventful month, but our annual spending is up 15% on a year ago. October The FTSE All Share Total Return index, my chosen benchmark, was up by +1.82% in the month, and is up by +15.63% for the…
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…