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Monthly updates

Monthly Update #36 (August 2021) – Another Great Loss

  • By That Guy
  • Sep 10,2021
  •  ♦ 3

Here we go again! Another month is history, and as the norm dictates it’s thus time to have a look at our finances in the Total Balance household. August 2021 was a(nother) red month in terms of stocks/ETF growth, but worst of all I had to bury another grandparent. My grandmother died at the age…

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Monthly Update #35 (July 2021) – The Summer Slumper

  • By That Guy
  • Aug 11,2021
  •  ♦ 0

Here we go again, folks! Another month is in the history books, and it’s thus time to look back at how our Total Balance has fared. We had 3 weeks off in July, and we spent the majority of it in Denmark, and luckily we were fairly lucky with the weather (you never know about…

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Monthly Update #34 (June 2021) – The one without a proper title

  • By That Guy
  • Jul 11,2021
  •  ♦ 0

June 2021 is a thing of the past, and as projected last month – it was indeed an expensive month! June is a major birthday month in my family (wife, mother and sister in law) and on top of that, I decided to purchase some new wheels for my wife’s car (2nd hand, of course!…

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Monthly Update #33 (May 2021) – Business as usual

  • By That Guy
  • Jun 1,2021
  •  ♦ 0

Hello good people of the FIRE community! Another month has passed, and it’s thus time for another riveting update from yours truly. May was a relatively quiet month in the Total Balance household – hence the title of this update (business as usual).

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Monthly Update #32 (April 2021) – Another round (of leverage)

  • By That Guy
  • May 6,2021
  •  ♦ 2

Here we go again. Another monthly update (have you grown tired of them yet?) from yours truly. The month of April has been pretty eventful. Denmark is slowly beginning to open up from the winter lockdowns (please don’t let this become a returning thing!), and we’ve spent some time in our garden planting trees and…

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Monthly Update #31 (March 2021) – Double up!

  • By That Guy
  • Apr 5,2021
  •  ♦ 3

Is it April already?! It would appear so! SPRING is finally here! And with spring comes yet another update from yours truly. Since February was a pretty dark month (pun intended) in terms of our investments, I’ve not been paying that much attention to the market in March – but as most of the vegetation…

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Monthly Update #30 (February 2021) – Dejavu

  • By That Guy
  • Mar 2,2021
  •  ♦ 4

The calendar is reading March 2021 and February 2021 is thus a thing of the past, and as always here at the Total Balance household it’s thus time to take a look back at how the previous month played out. I must say I have somewhat a feeling of Dejavu; The update from February 2020…

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Monthly Update #29 (January 2021) – Full Throttle

  • By That Guy
  • Feb 8,2021
  •  ♦ 0

Hello fellow wealth seekers and good folk! We’re well into the new year, and it’s thus time to look back at how our financials have fared in January 2021. The winter has truly arrived in Denmark, so we spent some time outdoors in the snow with the kiddo! It was nice to be outside and…

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Monthly Update #28 (December 2020) – Return of the Jedi

  • By That Guy
  • Jan 5,2021
  •  ♦ 10

Happy new year! What a year. I think we’re all pretty happy to leave 2020 behind. 2021 is already looking significantly brighter, and we all have high hopes that this new year will be more normal than the one we just left! Pandemic aside, 2020 was not a bad year in terms of my investment…

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Monthly Update #27 (November 2020) – The Force Awakens

  • By That Guy
  • Dec 8,2020
  •  ♦ 3

Hello again! November 2020 is a thing of the past, and as is the norm here in the Total Balance household, it’s thus time for another monthly update! So, what happened in November?! You might have already guessed it, but look who finally decided to join the race! (YES – the missus is here!). Mrs….

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