Here we are again, dear readers! Another month has passed, and it’s thus time to look back and see how investments fared during one of the toughest months the world has faced in many years. COVID-19 is raging war against our planet and its inhabitants. We’re in the midst of a pandemic, and the world…
Monthly Update #19 (March 2020) – The Chaos Continues
5 (free) ways to keep in touch during a lockdown
Hello dear readers and followers of the Total Balance household! While we all try to practice safe “Social distancing” these days (to break the chain of infection from the dreaded Corona virus dubbed Covid-19), there are ways to remain social, without being close to one another! Thanks to the great invention of The Internet (and…
History in the making
As if we didn’t have enough troubles already, today added another nail to the coffin of the bleeding stock market. OPEC and Russia couldn’t agree to cut down on the oil production (to keep the oil price steady), and as a result of the decreased demand (hello, Corona virus), the oil price plummeted. And the…
Monthly Update #18 (February 2020) – Bloodbath
Update #18 is about to go down, which means I’ve now been doing these for 18 months! Of all the updates this has by far been my LEAST favorite one to do. But even though life has its ups and downs the show must go on 🙂 2019 ended on a high note for the…
Make a plan and stick to it! (Or change it?!)
In my Goals for 2020 I outlined my plan to boost my Total Balance in 2020, by diverting funds from my mortgage payments towards my Total Balance (investment account) instead. Unfortunately, “The Universe” had another plan. Sometimes it’s simply easier to “take the path of least resistance” (go with the flow?), than to “fight the…
Monthly Update #17 (January 2020) – The Domino Effect
The first month of 2020 is already over, guys – and thank God for that. January is usually my least favorite month of the year (long and cold), and this year was no exception. There’s really no easy way to say it! What a shitty month. Lets wrap this one up quickly, so we can…
If it sounds too good to be true
It probably is (too good to be true)… In case you missed the latest development in the Baltic crowdlending industry, let me give you a quick recap; Two of my (previously) best performing platforms have turned out to be fraudulent (nothing is proven yet, but I think the writing on the wall is pretty clear)….
Lessons from the past (analyzing my returns from 2007-2019)
As is the norm when we enter a new year, I like to look back at the returns of my (Pension) portfolio from the previous year(s). Is it time to change my AA (again)? I was quite conservative with my AA last year when I opted to move a great portion of my portfolio OUT…
The goals for 2020
A year has gone by in what seems almost as a blink of an eye. As per usual (I love saying that – this is only my 2nd goals-post ever), it’s thus time to look ahead into the coming year(s), and see what might be in store for the Total Balance household. Last year I…
Monthly Update #16 (December 2019) – Miracles & Obstacles
It’s 2020 already! Happy New year, everybody! Time flies, when you’re counting pennies! It’s 2019 no more, and this is thus the final Monthly Update of 2019! The month of December saw no records broken (besides maybe the one for how much sugar one guy can eat within 1 month – yikes!) Christmas was indeed…